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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cresol \Cre"sol\ (kr[=e]"s[=o]l), n. [From {Creosote}.] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric substances, {CH3.C6H4.OH}, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. Note: [Called also {cresylic acid}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cresol n : any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant [syn: {methyl phenol}]
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