carbolic acid

/ kɑːˈbɒlɪk /

noun

1. another name for phenol, esp when it is used as an antiseptic or disinfectant

carbolic acid

/ kär-bŏl′ĭk /

1. See phenol

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbolic acid¹

C19: carbolic, from carbo- + -ol ¹+ -ic

Example Sentences

Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.

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Coins should be boiled, and paper money should be dipped in the 10 per centum carbolic acid solution and dried at a stove.

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The substances commonly used are carbolic acid, formalin or formaldehyde, lysol, and bichloride of mercury.

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And all her mouth and chin and pretty white neck were burned brown with the carbolic acid she had drunk.

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Sometimes they get vermin on them, and I have to grease them and dust carbolic acid on them, and try some of my numerous cures.

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