boraxes

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A form of borax — 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.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of borax
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of borax
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