CRESOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cresol mean? 

• CRESOL (noun)
  The noun CRESOL has 1 sense:

1. any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant

  Familiarity information: CRESOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRESOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cresol; methyl phenol

Hypernyms ("cresol" is a kind of...):

phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cresol"):

Lysol (a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant)