borax

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin borax, baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), which yielded Persian بوره (bure). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔː.ɹæks/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɹ.æks/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹæks === Noun === borax (usually uncountable, plural boraxes or boraces) A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc. (inorganic chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization. Synonyms: sodium tetraborate, E285 (when used as a food preservative) Hypernyms: borate < compound, substance, stuff (sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === borax (third-person singular simple present boraxes, present participle boraxing, simple past and past participle boraxed) (transitive) To treat with borax. === Further reading === David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Borax”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. “borax”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. “borax n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. borax at the Free Dictionary == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French borax. === Noun === borax n (uncountable) borax ==== Declension ====