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LYSOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lysol mean?
• LYSOL (noun)
The noun LYSOL has 1 sense:
1. a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
Familiarity information: LYSOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("Lysol" is a kind of...):
cresol; methyl phenol (any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant)
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