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:

1. treat with creosote

  Familiarity information: CREOSOTE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREOSOTE (noun)

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)

• CREOSOTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they creosote    ... he / she / it creosotes   
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)