borax

1. 1.

   an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent

   Broadermineral

Other forms of borax

plural

boraces

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about borax

What does borax mean?

borax means "an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent".

How many syllables are in borax?

borax has 2 syllables: bo-rax. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˈbɔˌɹæks/.

Is borax a common word?

borax is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.