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CREOSOTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does creosote mean?
• CREOSOTE (noun)
The noun CREOSOTE has 2 senses:
1. a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
2. a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
Familiarity information: CREOSOTE used as a noun is rare.
• CREOSOTE (verb)
The verb CREOSOTE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: CREOSOTE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("creosote" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Meronyms (substance of "creosote"):
creosol (a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
coal-tar creosote; creosote
Hypernyms ("creosote" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Derivation:
creosote (treat with creosote)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: creosoted
Past participle: creosoted
-ing form: creosoting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with creosote
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
creosoted wood
Hypernyms (to "creosote" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
creosote (a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood)
Context examples
A naturally occurring antioxidant dicatechol originally derived from the creosote bush Larrea divaricatta with antipromoter, anti-inflammatory, and antineoplastic activities.
(Masoprocol, NCI Thesaurus)
These chemicals are also made for use in many products, including coal tar, creosote, roofing tar, pesticides, mothballs, dandruff shampoos, and some medicines.
(PAH, NCI Dictionary)
Benz(a)anthracene is primarily found in gasoline and diesel exhaust, tobacco and cigarette smoke, coal tar and coal tar pitch, coal combustion emissions, charcoal-broiled foods, amino acids, fatty acids and carbohydrate pyrolysis products, wood and soot smoke, and creosote, asphalt and mineral oils.
(Benz[a]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)
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