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borosilicate

boro·sili·catenoun

borosilicate is spelled B-O-R-O-S-I-L-I-C-A-T-E: 12 letters and 3 syllables (boro·sili·cate). It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, borosilicate means “Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric and silicic acids” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of borosilicate is borosilicates.

How many letters and syllables are in borosilicate?

Letters12: B-O-R-O-S-I-L-I-C-A-T-E
Syllables3: boro·sili·cate
In writingabout once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is borosilicate?

Borosilicate appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce borosilicate?

    Borosilicate has 3 syllables, split boro·sili·cate in writing.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of borosilicate

    • borosilicates plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does borosilicate mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric and silicic acids.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does borosilicate come from?

    From boro- + silicate.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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