BORAX
What does "BORAX" mean?
A white crystalline mineral and compound of boron, used in cleaning products, glass, and as a flux.
Meanings
- Hydrated sodium borate, a soft white mineral used in detergents, water softeners, glassmaking, and soldering flux. Old recipes for slime relied on a pinch of borax to set the mixture.
Did you know?
- In the 1880s, teams of twenty mules dragged borax wagons over 165 miles out of Death Valley - a journey so iconic it became the brand name '20 Mule Team Borax'.
Word origin
From Medieval Latin 'borax', via Arabic 'bawraq' and Persian 'burah', referring to the white salt long mined and traded from dry lakebeds.
Remember it
BORAX = BORon's 'X' - the X marks the spot where boron crystallises into salt.
A little poem
Dry lakes left it behind like bone,
twenty mules and a wagon's groan-
the desert's salt, hauled into clean.
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Wordplay
- Why is borax a great storyteller? It really knows how to set the scene - and the slime.
What it teaches
The plainest white powder can carry a desert's whole history of thirst and trade.
Quick facts
What does BORAX mean?
A white crystalline mineral and compound of boron, used in cleaning products, glass, and as a flux.
Is BORAX a valid word?
Yes — BORAX is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BORAX?
BORAX has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BORAX come from?
From Medieval Latin 'borax', via Arabic 'bawraq' and Persian 'burah', referring to the white salt long mined and traded from dry lakebeds.
What can BORAX teach us?
The plainest white powder can carry a desert's whole history of thirst and trade.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.