cresol

[ kree-sawl, -sol ]

noun
  1. any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C7H8O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.

Origin of cresol

1
1860–65; cres- (irregular from creosote) + -ol2
  • Also called cresylic acid, methyl phenol .

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How to use cresol in a sentence

  • Crsylite is a French explosive, and contains picric acid and nitrated cresol.

  • The water in these buckets is not meant for drinking, and therefore contains a little cresol to prevent prisoners drinking it.

  • The floor and the lower part of the chambers are treated with cresol; the upper part is whitewashed.

  • They are arranged over cesspools 18 feet deep, disinfected every day with whitewash and cresol, and are quite odourless.

  • Among the substances deserving mention under this head we have indol, skatol, cresol, and phenol.

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British Dictionary definitions for cresol

cresol

/ (ˈkriːsɒl) /


noun
  1. an aromatic compound derived from phenol, existing in three isomeric forms: found in coal tar and creosote and used in making synthetic resins and as an antiseptic and disinfectant; hydroxytoluene. Formula: C 6 H 4 (CH 3)OH: Also called: cresylic acid Systematic name: methylphenol

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