carbolic soap

noun

a mildly disinfectant soap containing carbolic acid (phenol)

Meanings

nouncarbolic soap (countable and uncountable, plural carbolic soaps)

plural carbolic soaps

  1. countableuncountablea mildly disinfectant soap containing carbolic acid (phenol)
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