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creosote

noun(cre-o-sote)

a clear or yellowish flammable oily liquid mixture of phenolic compounds obtained by the distillation of tar derived from wood and especially from beech wood

creosote

noun(cre-o-sote)

a brownish oily liquid consisting chiefly of aromatic hydrocarbons obtained by distillation of coal tar and used especially as a wood preservative

creosote

noun(cre-o-sote)

a dark brown or black flammable tar deposited from especially wood smoke on the walls of a chimney

creosote

verb(cre-o-sote)

to treat with creosote

creosote

noun(cre-o-sote)

a resinous desert shrub (Larrea tridentata) of the caltrop family found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico

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