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BORAX
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Irregular inflected form: boraces
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("borax" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "borax"):
atomic number 5; B; boron (a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder)
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