Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbolic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: car-bol-ic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of, relating to or containing carbolic acid

noun

Carbolic acid or similar disinfectant.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The carbolics are utilised for disinfectants."
"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."

Etymology

Derived from German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. By surface analysis, carb- + -ol + -ic.

Origin

Source language: German

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

carbolics (plural)

Derived Forms

carbolate carbolically carbolize

Phrases

carbolic acid carbolic soap sulfocarbolic acid sulphocarbolic acid

Rhymes With

alcoholic symbolic hydraulic metabolic hyperbolic parabolic anabolic systolic frolic colic diastolic bucolic

Questions

What does carbolic mean?: of, relating to or containing carbolic acid
Where does carbolic come from?: It is traced to German.

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