cresol Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
    methyl phenol.

WordNet

Cre"sol noun
Etymology
From Creosote.
Definitions
  1. (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. Called also cresylic acid.

Webster 1913