Definition of BORAX

borax

Plural: boraces, boraxes

Noun

  • an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
  • A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
  • The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization; sodium tetraborate.
  • Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.

Verb

  • To treat with borax.

Origin / 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).

Synonyms

E285 when used as a preservative

Scrabble Score: 14

borax is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
borax is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
borax is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

borax is a valid Words With Friends word