borate Chem.
(ˈbɔəreɪt)
[f. bor-on + -ate.]
A salt of boric or boracic acid.
| 1816 Accum Chem. Tests (1818) 179 Borate of lead. 1863–72 Watts Dict. Chem. I. 636 Borax, the acid borate of sodium which exists in the water of certain lakes in central Asia. |