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1. (n.) creosote
an strong-smelling, oily liquid obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used as a wood preservative and as an antiseptic.
2. (v.t.) creosote
to treat with creosote.
Etymology: (< G Kreosote (1832) < Gk kreo-, comb. form of kréas flesh +sōtēr preserver)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) creosote
a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
2. (verb) creosote, coal-tar creosote
a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
3. (verb) creosote
treat with creosote
"creosoted wood"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) creosote
wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood
2. (verb) creosote
to saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. creosote
A greasy substance with a smoky odor and burned taste created by high temperature treatment of BEECH and other WOOD; COAL TAR; or resin of the CREOSOTE BUSH. It contains CRESOLS and POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS which are CARCINOGENS. It has been widely used as wood preservative and in PESTICIDES and had former use medicinally in DISINFECTANTS; LAXATIVES; and DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS.
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Sense: an oily liquid obtained from coal tar, used in preserving wood.
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 Afrikaans: kreosoot |
 Arabic: سائِل الكريزوت لِحِفظ الأ |
 Bulgarian: хим. креозот |
 Brazilian: creosoto |
 Czech: kreozot |
 German: das Kreosot |
 Danish: kreosol; træimprægnerings |
 Greek: βαρύ έλαιο πίσσας για τη |
 Spanish: creosota |
 Estonian: kreosoot |
 Farsi: جوهر قطران |
 Finnish: kyllästysaine |
 French: créosote |
 Hebrew: שֶׁמֶן מָגֵן לְעֵץ |
 Hindi: लकड़ी को सुरक्षित रखने मे |
 Croatian: kreozot |
 Hungarian: karbolsav |
 Indonesian: kreasot |
 Icelandic: kreósót |
 Italian: creosoto |
 Japanese: クレオソート |
 Korean: (보존 방부제) 크레오소트 |
 Lithuanian: kreozotas |
 Latvian: kreozots |
 Malay: kreosot |
 Dutch: creosoot |
 Norwegian: kreosot |
 Polish: kreozot |
 Persian: جوهر قطران |
 Pashto: یو ډول تیل په لرګیو وهل ک |
 Portuguese: creosoto |
 Romanian: creozot |
 Russian: креозот |
 Slovak: kreozot |
 Slovenian: kreozot |
 Serbian: kreozot |
 Swedish: kreosot |
 Thai: น้ำมันสีน้ำตาลใช้ทารักษาเ |
 Turkish: kreozot, katran ruhu |
 Taiwanese: (木材防腐用的)雜酚油 |
 Ukrainian: креозот |
 Urdu: روغن قطران |
 Vietnamese: dầu crêôzốt |
 Chinese: （木材防腐用的）杂酚油，碳酸 |
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