Creosote

What do we mean by creosote?

A colorless to yellowish oily liquid containing phenols and creosols, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, especially from the wood of a beech, and formerly used as an expectorant in treating chronic bronchitis. noun

A yellowish to greenish-brown oily liquid containing phenols and creosols, obtained from coal tar and used as a wood preservative and disinfectant. It can cause severe neurological disturbances if inhaled in strong concentrations. noun

To treat or paint with creosote. transitive verb

A substance first prepared from wood-tar, from which it is separated by repeated solution in potash, treatment with acids, and distillation. noun

To apply creosote or a solution of creosote to; treat with creosote: as, to creosote wood to prevent its decay.

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. noun

A colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties. noun

To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay. transitive verb

A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally. noun

A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative. noun

The creosote bush. noun

To apply creosote. verb

Treat with creosote verb

A dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood noun

A colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic noun

A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.

A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.

The creosote bush.

Adj. Extremely and morbidly obese Derives from the Monty Python sketch about Mr. Creosote, a man who eats himself to a violent and disgusting death. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to creosote:
creosote, kreosote, creasote, creosol, creosoted, creusot, creosols, creosotes, creosotic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word creosote:
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Words that rhyme with creosote:
note, boat, coat, promote, anecdote, float, quote, denote, goat, remote, rote, throat, vote, antidote, gloat, tote, mote, wrote, haute, devote, dote, moat, cote, connote, scapegoat, afloat, keynote, smote, bloat, oat, asymptote, choate, stoat, footnote, groat, demote, petticoat, shoat, cutthroat, turncoat, roat, showboat, overcoat, scoat, capote, stote, raincoat, hote, tugboat, sailboat, redcoat, banknote, rowboat, blote, frote, lifeboat, shote, motorboat, steamboat, billy goat, sore throat, grote, kote, unquote, undercoat, gunboat, speedboat, sloat, clote, houseboat, gravy boat, mountain goat, troat, riverboat, right to vote, trench coat, flote, towboat, promissory note, pote, powerboat, take note, ferryboat, outvote, misquote, bacote, underwrote, blue note, flatboat, root beer float, grace note, vogt, strep throat, sproat, fur coat, bank note, musical note, rewrote, frock coat, banana boat.

Adjectives that are often used to describe creosote:
tar, hot, pure, crude, wood, much, more, ordinary, commercial, little, straight, light, liquid, cold, less, gas, heavy, german, sufficient, refined, excess, genuine, called, fresh, carbol, coal, wet, xylol, official, zinc, past, warm, chronic, condensed, surplus, temperature, expensive, grade, cell, brown, profuse, prepared, cooler, mixed, mucopurulent, coaltar, aged, plain, impure, medicinal, heated, dutch, flammable, dental, soluble, brush, preservative, weathered, distinguish, carbolic, stunted, suitable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective creosote:
bush, oil, process, water, mixture, bushes, carbonate, pitch, contaminated, oils, barrel, coal, xylol, treatment, petroleum, boiling, solution, plant, poisoning, soda.

Consonant match to creosote:
kreosote.

Words that sound like creosote:
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