car·bol·ic acid (kär-b?l??k)n. See phenol.[carb(o)- + -ol + -ic.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.carbolic acid (k???b?l?k) or carbolicn (Elements & Compounds) another name for phenol, esp when it is used as an antiseptic or disinfectant[C19: carbolic, from carbo- + -ol1 + -ic]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014phe?nol (?fi n?l, -n?l) n. 1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous substance, C6H5OH, used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis. 2. any analogous hydroxyl derivative of benzene. [1850?55] phe?no?lic (f??no? l?k, -?n?l ?k) adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.car·bol·ic acid (kär-b?l??k) See phenol.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.