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borated

borated adjective: having been treated with borate.

Adjective

borated (not comparable)

  1. Having been treated with borate
    • An advantage of this borated oil is that it always retains a slight stickiness, and so gives a good joint when wrapped around wires, etc.1898, “Selected Formulae”, in Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898
    • […] little need be done for them except to wash them with a little boric acid solution (one teaspoonful of boric acid to a glass of water) occasionally, and now and then to rub in a little petrolatum, plain or borated.1929, William J. Robinson, Woman

Origin of borated

From borate + -ed.

Questions about borated

What does borated mean?
Borated means having been treated with borate.
What part of speech is borated?
Borated is an adjective.

Words near borated in the dictionary

  1. boratabenzene
  2. boratabenzenes
  3. borate
  4. borate bomber
  5. borate bombers
  6. borated
  7. borates
  8. Boratesque
  9. boratian
  10. borating
  11. boration

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