Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bo-rat-ed
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been treated with borate

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] 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."
"In the deuterium experiment, the hydrogen target was replaced with deuterium, and borated polyethylene shielding was installed around the target […]."

Etymology

From borate + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: borate

Questions

What does borated mean?: Having been treated with borate
Where does borated come from?: From borate + -ed.

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