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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: borax
borax
n : an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used
as a flux or cleansing agent
[also:
boraces (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Borax
Borax
\Bo"rax\, n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt
borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b?rag, fr.
Pers. b?rah.]
A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline
taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels,
fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native
in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid
of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a
lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of
tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium,
Na2B4O7.10H2O.
[1913 Webster]
Borax bead. (Chem.) See
Bead, n., 3.
[1913 Webster]
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