borate
borate noun: the oxyanion BO₃³⁻ or any of several more complex derivatives.
Noun
borate (plural borates)
- The oxyanion BO₃³⁻ or any of several more complex derivatives.
- Any salt or ester formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
Forms of borate
| plural | borates |
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Origin of borate
From bor(on) + -ate.
Words formed from borate
- aluminium borate
- ammonioborite
- borate bomber
- borated
- boratian
- borating
- boratoan
- caesium borate
- cesium borate
- carboborate
- decaborate
- diborate
- fluoborate
- hydroborate
- hydroboration
- hypoborate
- inoborate
- monoborate
- nesoborate
- orthoborate
- oxoborate
- pentaborate
- perborate
- phylloborate
- polyborate
- silico-borate
- silicoborate
- sodium terbium borate
- soroborate
- tektoborate
- tetraborate
- tetrahydroxyborate
- tetraphenylborate
- triborate
- trimethylborate
- trispyrazolylborate
- tungstoborate
- undecaborate
Phrases with borate
Questions about borate
- What does borate mean?
- Borate means the oxyanion BO₃³⁻ or any of several more complex derivatives.
- What part of speech is borate?
- Borate is a noun.
- What is the plural of borate?
- The plural of borate is borates.
Words near borate in the dictionary
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