borax

n. white powder (antiseptic, cleansing agent, etc.); sodium borate (Chemistry)

Borax (from Persian burah), also called sodium borate, or sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. It is usually a white powder consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve easily in water.Borax has a wide variety of uses. It is a component of many detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes. It is also used to make buffer solutions in biochemistry, as a fire retardant, as an anti-fungal compound for fibreglass, as an insecticide, as a flux in metallurgy, and as a precursor for other boron compounds.
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Noun
1. an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
(hypernym) mineral
(substance-meronym) boron, B, atomic number 5

n. (Chemistry) borax, white powder

adj. boracic, boric, of or containing boron

n. borax