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Word: creosote (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

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.

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Verb:

  • To apply creosote.

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