creosote
- 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. (uncountable) The creosote bush.
- Verb. To apply creosote.
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