noun🔗ShareBorax, NatriumboratA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc."The artist used borax to fix the colors on the porcelain doll's dress. "Der Künstler verwendete Borax, um die Farben auf dem Kleid der Porzellanpuppe zu fixieren.compoundsubstancematerialchemistryindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBoraxThe sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate."My mom uses borax in the laundry to help boost the cleaning power of the detergent. "Meine Mutter verwendet Borax in der Wäsche, um die Reinigungskraft des Waschmittels zu erhöhen.substancechemistrycompoundmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBillige oder kitschige Möbel oder andere industrielle Designarbeiten(sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design."The apartment's "modern" furniture was mostly borax: particleboard tables and plastic chairs that looked cheap and wouldn't last. "Die „modernen“ Möbel der Wohnung waren größtenteils billig: Spanplattentische und Plastikstühle, die billig aussahen und nicht lange halten würden.styleartitemappearancequalitymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
