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Creosote

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
2.NounA similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
3.NounThe creosote bush.
4.NounA flammable black porous brittle glassy byproduct of wood burning, typically formed inside chimneys.
5.VerbTo apply creosote.
"As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection."
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