boric acid

Questions about boric acid

What does boric acid mean?

boric acid means "a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for boric acid?

Close synonyms include orthoboric acid, boracic acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boric acid a common word?

boric acid 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.