Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
formalin .
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- noun organic chemistry A 10% solution of
formaldehyde inwater .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
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Examples
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A edição de hoje da Folha deve ser conservada em formol, porque se trata de uma antologia do jornalismo em decomposição que se pratica nesta subdemocracia.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: The Character Assassination of a Presidential Candidate 2009
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Le truc c que en ce moment il y a comme nouveauté des petit pots imitant les bocaux de formol avec des organes dedans et ici ce sont des "foufounes de rechange" et "zizi de rechange" c'est pour ca que j'ai demandé confirmation car ils sont rangés au meme endroit en reserve!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Bornier, why of course I did, he even called upon me several times, but I could never bring myself to invite him to the house because I should always have been obliged to have it disinfected afterwards with formol.
The Guermantes Way 2003
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So the day after the doctor gave us the skin sample preserved in a baby-food jar of formol, my wife, her sister, and I went downtown to drop off the sample at the private hospital.
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So the day after the doctor gave us the skin sample preserved in a baby-food jar of formol, my wife, her sister, and I went downtown to drop off the sample at the private hospital.
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One by one, the people who were crowded in the room pulled out their handkerchiefs and put them to their eyes, because of the formol.
Maigret and the Pickpocket Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1967
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They desire something more than a body in formol, and be sure they 're gonna get it, no matter how many dreads you put in their street.
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They desire something more than a body in formol, and be sure they 're gonna get it, no matter how many dreads you put in their street.
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They desire something more than a body in formol, and be sure they 're gonna get it, no matter how many dreads you put in their street.
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A edição de hoje da Folha deve ser conservada em formol, porque se trata de uma antologia do jornalismo em decomposição que se pratica nesta subdemocracia.
Elites TV 2009
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