Borate definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BO'RATE, n. A salt formed by a combination of boracic acid with any base saturated.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a salt or ester of boric acid

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1788 a salt or ester of a boric acid

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a salt or ester of boric acid.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Borate Bo"rate, n. [From Boric.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.