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| cre·o·sote [ kr ə st ] |
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1. wood preservative: a thick yellowish-to-brown oily substance. Source: coal tar. Use: wood preservative.
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2. antiseptic: a yellow to colorless oily substance. Source: wood tar. Use: antiseptic.
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3. chimney tar: a dark brown to black flammable tar deposited inside a chimney flue when wood, especially pine or other resinous wood, is burned
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transitive verb (past and past participle cre·o·sot·ed, present participle cre·o·sot·ing, 3rd person present singular cre·o·sotes) |
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apply creosote to something: to apply creosote to wood as a preservative
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| [Mid-19th century. < German Kreosote< Greek kreas "flesh" + sōtēr "preserver"; from its antiseptic properties] |
