CRESOL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cresol; methyl phenol

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Nouns denoting substances

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)

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