benzol
noun
benzol is a noun meaning “An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-E-N-Z-O-L, and it appears about once in every 87 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of benzol is benzols.
What does benzol mean?
noun
- 1
An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.
- 2
obsoletebenzyl alcohol
- 3
obsoleteSynonym of benzene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of benzol
- benzols plural
- benzole
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is benzol?
Benzol appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Benzol in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an impure benzene:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does benzol come from?
From benzo- + -ol (“oil”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).