n :  a trivalent metalloid element found in nature only in combination and used in metallurgy and in composite structural materials - symbol B - see ELEMENTtable   bo*ron*ic adj 
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  barn  bar·ren  borne  brain 
 
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