1. any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant; [syn: cresol, methyl phenol]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
methyl phenol
n 1: any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived
from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant [syn:
cresol, methyl phenol]