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Creosote - What does it mean?

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creosote

English

(wikipedia creosote)

Noun

  • A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
  • A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
  • (uncountable) The creosote bush.

    • Verb

    (creosot)
  • To apply creosote.
    • As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection.

    Related terms

    * creosote bush

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.