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carbolize

carbolize verb: to wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.

Verb

carbolize (third-person singular simple present carbolizes, present participle carbolizing, simple past and past participle carbolized)

  1. (transitive) To wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.

Forms of carbolize

third-person singular presentcarbolizes
present participlecarbolizing
past participlecarbolized
pastcarbolized

Origin of carbolize

From carbolic + -ize.

Questions about carbolize

What does carbolize mean?
Carbolize means to wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.
What part of speech is carbolize?
Carbolize is a verb.
What is the past tense of carbolize?
The past tense of carbolize is carbolized.

Words near carbolize in the dictionary

  1. carbolise
  2. carbolised
  3. carbolises
  4. carbolising
  5. carbolite
  6. carbolize
  7. carbolized
  8. carbolizes
  9. carbolizing
  10. carboload
  11. carboloaded

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