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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹæks/

Definition 1:
• A 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.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 2:
• The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: sodium tetraborate, mul:E285
Labels: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, uncountable, usually

Definition 3:
• Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.
Labels: attributive, sometimes, uncountable, usually
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹæks/

Definition 1:
• To treat with borax.
Labels: transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/borax