carbolic
Syllables: car·bol·ic
carbolic adjective: of, relating to or containing carbolic acid.
Adjective
carbolic (not comparable)
- of, relating to or containing carbolic acid
Noun
carbolic (usually uncountable, plural carbolics)
- Carbolic acid or similar disinfectant.
- The carbolics are utilised for disinfectants.1916, Chambers's Journal, page 140
- But now, if you are of my opinion, we have had thrills enough for one day, and had best get back to the surgical box at the camp for some carbolic.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
carbolic meaning in Tamil and Bengali
carbolic in Tamil
- நச்சரி நீர்ம வனை, தொற்றொழி நீர்மப் பொருள், கீலெண்ணெய் வடிப்பினின்று எடுக்கப்பட்ட
carbolic in Bengali
- কার্বলিক অ্যাসিড সংক্রান্ত, ধারণকারী, কার্বলিক অ্যাসিড, অনুরূপ জীবাণুনাশক
Forms of carbolic
| plural | carbolics |
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Origin of carbolic
Derived from German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. By surface analysis, carb- + -ol + -ic.
Words formed from carbolic
- carbolate
- carbolically
- carbolic acid
- carbolic soap
- carbolize
- sulfocarbolic acid
- sulphocarbolic acid
Phrases with carbolic
Words that rhyme with carbolic
Questions about carbolic
- What does carbolic mean?
- Carbolic means of, relating to or containing carbolic acid.
- What is carbolic in Tamil?
- Carbolic in Tamil is நச்சரி நீர்ம வனை, தொற்றொழி நீர்மப் பொருள், கீலெண்ணெய் வடிப்பினின்று எடுக்கப்பட்ட. See Carbolic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is carbolic?
- Carbolic can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near carbolic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carbolic (page history and authors); carbolic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carbolic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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