benzol
Americannoun
noun
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a crude form of benzene, containing toluene, xylene, and other hydrocarbons, obtained from coal tar or coal gas and used as a fuel
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an obsolete name for benzene
Etymology
Origin of benzol
Example Sentences
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One of the ships was a Belgian relief vessel; the other was the SS Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship packed to the gills with explosives such as TNT, picric acid, benzol and guncotton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
“The Flying Sailor,” by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, springboards off the 1917 Halifax catastrophe when a speeding vessel collided with a cargo ship cradling benzol and TNT.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
It utilizes inferior bituminous coal and oil shale, and yields by-products of fuel oil, gas, ammonia and benzol, while eliminating sulphur and phosphorus from the coke.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gases arising from coal-burning, instead of being allowed to escape, are now distilled in by-product coke ovens, and yield petrol, benzol and other derivative products employed in explosives, dyes, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few ramshackle taxicabs still survive in Berlin at the railway stations, driven by benzol instead of gasoline and shod with spring tires.
From Face to Face with Kaiserism by James W. (James Watson) Gerard
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