PHENOL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene
   • used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic
   • poisonous if taken internally
   Synonym(s)
   • carbolic acid (what does carbolic acid mean?)
   • hydroxybenzene (what does hydroxybenzene mean?)
   • oxybenzene (what does oxybenzene mean?)
   • phenylic acid (what does phenylic acid mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) phenol is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • acid (what does acid mean?)
   • solvent (what does solvent mean?)
   • dissolvent (what does dissolvent mean?)
   • dissolver (what does dissolver mean?)
   • dissolving agent (what does dissolving agent mean?)
   • resolvent (what does resolvent mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds
   • molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups
   Hypernyms(s) phenol is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic compound (what does organic compound mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • pyrogallol (what does pyrogallol mean?)
   • pyrogallic acid (what does pyrogallic acid mean?)
   • cresol (what does cresol mean?)
   • methyl phenol (what does methyl phenol mean?)
   • naphthol (what does naphthol mean?)
   • resorcinol (what does resorcinol mean?)
   • tannin (what does tannin mean?)
   • tannic acid (what does tannic acid mean?)
   • thymol (what does thymol mean?)
   • thyme camphor (what does thyme camphor mean?)
   • thymic acid (what does thymic acid mean?)