Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Borax   /bˈɔrˌæks/   Listen
Borax

noun
(pl. boraces)
1.
An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Borax" Quotes from Famous Books



... the powders No. 6 every other night; in the intervals a dessertspoonful of the mixture No. 18 three times a day; white spots to be dressed with the honey of borax. ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous

... bottle of wine that they called champagne. Death drank it up. They brought a newspaper and looked up the patent medicines; they gave him the foods that it recommended for invalids, and a little medicine as prescribed in the paper. They gave him some milk and borax, such as ...
— Fifty-One Tales • Lord Dunsany [Edward J. M. D. Plunkett]



Words linked to "Borax" :   mineral, b, boron, atomic number 5



Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com