borate

American  

[bawr-eyt, -it, bohr-, bawr-eyt, bohr-] / ˈbɔr eɪt, -ɪt, ˈboʊr-, ˈbɔr eɪt, ˈboʊr- /

noun

1. a salt or ester of boric acid.

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

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verb (used with object)

borated, borating

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

borate British  

noun

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

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verb

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

borate Scientific  

/ bôr′āt′ /

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

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Etymology

Origin of borate

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.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

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

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2023

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

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2022

Boron is a plant micronutrient, and plant roots can only recognize and take up the borate molecular form.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022

When a concentrated solution of borax acts on silver nitrate a borate of silver is formed.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William