CREOSOTE

creosote, coal-tar creosote

(noun) a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood

creosote

(noun) a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic

creosote

(verb) treat with creosote; “creosoted wood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

creosote (countable and uncountable, plural creosotes)

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.

(countable) The creosote bush.

Verb

creosote (third-person singular simple present creosotes, present participle creosoting, simple past and past participle creosoted)

To apply creosote.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

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Cre"o*sote (kr"-st), n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Definition: Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.

Note: It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide, and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol proper, while creosote is a mixture of several phenols. Coal-tar creosote (Chem.), a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties.

Cre"o*sote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creosoted (-s"td); p. pr. & vb. n. Creosoting.]

Definition: To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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