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BOROSILICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does borosilicate mean? 

BOROSILICATE (noun)
  The noun BOROSILICATE has 1 sense:

1. a salt of boric and silicic acidsplay

  Familiarity information: BOROSILICATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOROSILICATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt of boric and silicic acids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("borosilicate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))


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