creosote

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
2. isim A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
3. isim The creosote bush.

   “On Shaw Butte, as elsewhere in the Phoenix area, creosotes are abundant, producing a plethora of small yellow flowers in late March and April.”

4. isim A flammable black porous brittle glassy byproduct of wood burning, typically formed inside chimneys.
5. fiil To apply creosote.

   “As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection.”