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carbolize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-bolize
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From carbolic + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

carbolizes (present, singular) carbolizing (participle, present) carbolized (participle, past) carbolized (past)

Questions

What does carbolize mean?
To wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.
Where does carbolize come from?
From carbolic + -ize.

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