borax
Meaning of borax
noun
a white compound which occurs as a mineral in some alkaline salt deposits and is used in making glass and ceramics, as a metallurgical flux, and as an antiseptic.
late Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Arabic būraq, from Pahlavi būrak .
noun- good-natured teasing or ridicule; banter.
they take a bit of borax, but that is part of the job
early 19th century (as borak ): Australian pidgin, based on Aboriginal burag ‘no, not’, later influenced by borax1 in spelling and pronunciation.
Information about borax
- It is a name.
- The plural form of borax is: boraxes.
- Languages in which borax is used:
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Hyphenation of borax
bo-rax
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- borax is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with borax
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