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  • noun Plural form of borosilicate.

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  • I am not an all-organic eater, except in the sense that I try not to eat things that are composed entirely of borosilicates, and I am too much the chemist's daughter (mighty-sinewed chemist's daughter!) not to make that joke.

    mrissa: State of the Mris Report mrissa 2010

  • It was composed entirely of black borosilicates, tough and unyielding, save for a trio of bright pink eyes.

    Sentenced To Prism Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1985

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