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- Russian · borrowed fromкарболи́т
- English todaycarbolite
Borrowed from Russian карболи́т (karbolít), from карбо́ловая кислота́ (karbólovaja kislotá, “carbolic acid”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
carbolite
Today it means: A phenol formaldehyde resin analogous to Bakelite used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union Full definition →
Russian карболи́т