different between borax vs cornstarch

English

Etymology

From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic ???????? (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (b?rag), which yielded Persian ????? (bure).

Noun

borax (uncountable)

1. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
2. (chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.
3. (sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.
   • 1977, Harlan Ellison, Jeffty is Five

     Furniture isn't made to last thirty years or longer because they took a survey and found that young homemakers like to throw their furniture out and bring in all new, color-coded borax every seven years.

Synonyms

• E285 when used as a preservative

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Borax”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “borax”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• borax at the Free Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

From French borax

Noun

borax n (uncountable)

1. borax

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• cornflour (UK)

Etymology

corn +? starch

Noun

cornstarch (usually uncountable, plural cornstarches)

1. A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.

Translations

See also

• baby powder

Further reading

• cornstarch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia