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Borax meaning

  1. 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.
  2. The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization; sodium tetraborate.
  3. Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.

Synonyms of Borax

mineral

Related words

Other words often associated with Borax or its synonyms:

vegetable asphaltic material animal mineralized inorganic petrified stuff

Using Borax

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: mineral.
  • In the example corpus, borax often appears in combinations such as: borax and, coast borax, borax is.

Context around Borax

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

coast 2× team 1× natty 1× contain 1× ulexite 1× strong 1× household 1× notably 1× francis 1× produced 1×

Often after:

company 1× holdings 1× crystals 1× solutions 1× infuriating 1× turned 1× smith 1× allowed 1× soap 1×

Sentence patterns with Borax

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

be household borax infuriating bletch 1× borax is part 1× coleman s borax holdings in 1× company produced borax to make 1× filming granulated borax soap against 1× ghosts behind borax and telephone 1× in strong borax solutions citation 1× lyricist natty borax has charged 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a fragment of 1× among the varied 1× borax is part 1× enterprising lyricist natty 1× fish have survived 1× however after testing 1×

Common sentence endings:

and death valley 1× and improved equipment 1× and in stars 1× and telephone ads 1× as an insecticide 1× at high speed 1×

Words around Borax

Just before it in the word index:

borates 4 borate 11 borat 65 borash 8 boras 27 boranes 5

Just after it in the word index:

borba 5 borbon 5 borbor 2 borch 3 borchard 5 borchardt 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaj 26 abn 26 aboriginals 26 absalom 26 absolutism 26 abstractly 26

Corpus analysis for Borax

  • In this selection, "borax" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, coast, team, natty, company, holdings and crystals stand out and add context to how "borax" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be household borax infuriating bletch and borax is part. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "borax" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with borax

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Using only borax and water, you can create crystals! (9 words)

Older Coca-Cola ghosts behind Borax and telephone ads. (9 words)

Borax is part of Mae Bovyer's recipe for DIY laundry detergent. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Fish have survived for 30 min in a saturated boric acid solution and can survive longer in strong borax solutions. citation Boric acid is more toxic to insects than to mammals, and is routinely used as an insecticide. (38 words)

In fact, the salt sediments of many of these lake beds have been mined for many years for various salts, most notably borax (this is most famously true for Owens Lake and Death Valley ). (34 words)

This is because some ingredients listed for slime, such as contact lens solution, contain borax and often slime recipes do not list the quantities that need to be added. (29 words)

Exclamation examples

Using only borax and water, you can create crystals! (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

The trade name 20-Mule Team Borax was established by Francis Marion Smith 's Pacific Coast Borax Company after Smith acquired Coleman's borax holdings in 1890.

Enterprising lyricist Natty Borax has charged Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Mark Okraku Mantey and other stake holders to be up and doing.

However, for UK residents, where Borax is not available, baking soda can be used as an alternative, placing it "directly into the drum" of the washing machine.

Using only borax and water, you can create crystals!

Among the varied pieces in her portion of the CCA gallery space are several mixed-media sculptures made from soaking books in a mixture of borax and water.

Borax is part of Mae Bovyer's recipe for DIY laundry detergent.

This is because some ingredients listed for slime, such as contact lens solution, contain borax and often slime recipes do not list the quantities that need to be added.

A fragment of ulexite Borax crystals Boron is rare in the Universe and solar system due to trace formation in the Big Bang and in stars.

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Fish have survived for 30 min in a saturated boric acid solution and can survive longer in strong borax solutions. citation Boric acid is more toxic to insects than to mammals, and is routinely used as an insecticide.

However, after testing on Dennis, the drugs provided by Cedric turn out to be household borax, infuriating Bletch.

In 1927, Pacific Coast Borax turned the crew quarters of its Furnace Creek Ranch into a resort, creating the Furnace Creek Inn and resort.

In fact, the salt sediments of many of these lake beds have been mined for many years for various salts, most notably borax (this is most famously true for Owens Lake and Death Valley ).

Mining continued after the collapse of Coleman's empire, and by the late 1920s the area was the world's number one source of borax.

Most of these were eventually bought up by the Key System of Francis "Borax" Smith who added lines and improved equipment.

NPS website, "Mining" This mining and smelting company produced borax to make soap and for industrial uses.

Older Coca-Cola ghosts behind Borax and telephone ads.

Payen's new method of synthesizing borax allowed him to sell the mineral at one third the going price, and break the Dutch monopoly.

Rain was created by filming granulated Borax soap against black at high speed.

The bamboo was treated with borax and boric acid as a fire retardant and insecticide and bent in the required shape.

The formal negative charge of the tetrahedral borate center is balanced by metal cations in the minerals, such as the sodium (Na + ) in borax.

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Common combinations with borax

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "borax" in a sentence?
An example: "The trade name 20-Mule Team Borax was established by Francis Marion Smith 's Pacific Coast Borax Company after Smith acquired Coleman's borax holdings in 1890." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "borax" from authentic English texts.
What does "borax" mean?
Borax means: 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.
What are synonyms of "borax"?
Common synonyms of "borax" include: mineral.
How many example sentences with "borax" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "borax", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.