Meaning

3 senses
  1. An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.

    Benzol

  2. (obsolete)Benzyl alcohol

  3. (obsolete)Synonym of benzene.

More definitions
  • a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds

Translations

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By meaning 1
an impure benzene:

Origin

From benzo- + -ol (“oil”).

From benzo- + -ol (“oil”).

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Forms

plural: benzols
Singularbenzol
Pluralbenzols

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds:benzenebenzine

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbenzene

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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