HYDROXYBENZENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxybenzene mean? 

• HYDROXYBENZENE (noun)
  The noun HYDROXYBENZENE has 1 sense:

1. a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally

  Familiarity information: HYDROXYBENZENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROXYBENZENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carbolic acid; hydroxybenzene; oxybenzene; phenol; phenylic acid

Hypernyms ("hydroxybenzene" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)

 Context examples 

Hydroxybenzene; Carbolic Acid.

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