no borax, no glue
Denotes that the speaker is seeking or sharing a way to accomplish a difficult task that omits core ingredients or sidesteps the orthodox approaches.
borax
UK /ˈbɔː.ɹæks/ US /ˈbɔɹ.æks/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, boric, color-coded, isolated, new
VERB + BORAX
pound
BORAX + NOUN
acid, gallon
PREP.
from
ADV.
probably
Definitions
noun
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.
“The best way to clean the machine is to put a pound of borax and a gallon of vinegar in the machine and run the longest, hottest cycle you have,” he says.
2
The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization; sodium tetraborate.
3
Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.
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.
verb
1
To treat with borax.
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“The best way to clean the machine is to put a pound of borax and a gallon of vinegar in the machine and run the longest, hottest cycle you have,” he says.
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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 yea
Wiktionary03
Borax is probably the best known compound of boron.
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Boron was first isolated from borax.
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The principal chemical preservatives used in the curing of meats are borax and boric acid and sulfite of soda.
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