borate

[bawr-eyt, -it, bohr-, bawr-eyt, bohr-]

noun

1. a salt or ester of boric acid.

2. (loosely) a salt or ester of any acid containing boron.

verb (used with object)

borated, borating 

1. to treat with borate, boric acid, or borax.

borate

noun

1. a salt or ester of boric acid. Salts of boric acid consist of BO 3 and BO 4 units linked together

verb

1. (tr) to treat with borax, boric acid, or borate

borate

1. A salt or ester of boric acid, containing the radical BO ₃.

Word History and Origins

Origin of borate¹

First recorded in 1810–20; bor- ( def. ) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

By leveraging a light-sensitive borate intermediate, the scientists could transform quinoline derivatives into a great variety of 2D/3D fused frameworks in a straightforward and cost-effective manner.

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Borax, or sodium borate decahydrate, is a salt made of a combination of boron, sodium, oxygen and hydrogen.

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A thin slab of barium borate first split a single photon into two of photons lower energy with correlated angular momenta.

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A group of environmental activists have camped outside the presidency building in central Belgrade for several days while demanding a legal ban on lithium and borate mining in Serbia.

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Boron in cardboard is in the fairly soluble borate form.

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