creosotar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- creosote noun A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
Senses
creosotar is used for these senses in English:
- creosote (transitive) To apply creosote.
creosote — full definition
- noun A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
- noun A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
- noun The creosote bush.
- noun A flammable black porous brittle glassy byproduct of wood burning, typically formed inside chimneys.