-OL


Meaning of -OL in English

-ol 1

a suffix used in the names of chemical derivatives, representing "alcohol" ( glycerol; naphthol; phenol ), or sometimes "phenol" or less definitely assignable phenol derivatives ( resorcinol ).

[ short for ALCOHOL or PHENOL ]

-ol 2

var. of -ole 2 .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .