borated

English

Etymology

From borate +‎ -ed.

Adjective

borated (not comparable)

1. Having been treated with borate
   • 1898, “Selected Formulae”, in Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1929, William J. Robinson, Woman‎^[2]:

     […] 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.

   • 2024 December 15, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3], volume 290, number 5499, →DOI, pages 2117–2119:

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

Anagrams

• Bretado, aborted, tabored, to-bread