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borosilicate glass

borosilicate glass noun: a heat-resistant glass made with the addition of boric oxide.

borosilicate glass: a heat-resistant glass made with the addition of boric oxide
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Noun

borosilicate glass (countable and uncountable, plural borosilicate glasses)

  1. A heat-resistant glass made with the addition of boric oxide.

Forms of borosilicate glass

pluralborosilicate glasses

Questions about borosilicate glass

What does borosilicate glass mean?
Borosilicate glass means a heat-resistant glass made with the addition of boric oxide.
What part of speech is borosilicate glass?
Borosilicate glass is a noun.
What is the plural of borosilicate glass?
The plural of borosilicate glass is borosilicate glasses.

Words near borosilicate glass in the dictionary

  1. boroscope
  2. boroscopes
  3. boroselenate
  4. boroselenates
  5. borosilicate
  6. borosilicate glass
  7. borosilicate glasses
  8. borosilicated
  9. borosilicates
  10. borospherene
  11. borospherenes

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