borax
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA 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.
- verbTo treat with borax.
- nounThe sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization.
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- #2,298 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
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- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None