carbolaten.
/ˈkɑːbəleɪt/, U.S. /ˈkɑrbələt/ Chemistry. Now rare.
A salt, ester, or other derivative of carbolic acid or (occasionally) another phenol; a phenoxide.
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1835 F. F. Runge in Rec. Gen. Sci. 1 52 Carbolate of lead is formed, which after being well washed, is subjected to dry distillation.
1866 Times 7 Aug. 12/6 Carbolate of lime—a powerful disinfectant.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. iii. 485 Carbolic acid exists in the blood, probably, as a carbolate.
1903 S. Rideal Disinfection & Preservation Food viii. 201 They [sc. phenols] are..readily dissolved by alkalies and alkaline earths (not carbonates), forming substitution compounds usually called carbolates.
1917 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 17 604 Carbolic acid and salt of mercury..unite with the protoplasm of the bacteria, forming either carbolates or double mercurial salts, and thus rendering them inert.
1979 Jrnl. Prosthetic Dentistry 41 68/2 Tough resilient arms of..carbolate plastic.
2000 Asia Pulse (Nexis) 7 Sept. Statistics show that the company exported 5,400 tons of acetone carbolate..in the first half of this year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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