n. A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A salt formed by a combination of boracic acid with any base.
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n. a salt or ester of boric acid
Word Usage
"From the above we see we are putting various parts of animals and humans, heavy metal and even borate, which is used in ant poison, into the blood flow, in some instances, of very young babies."