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creosote

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for creosote.

Editorial note

Added a triple stage water filter to the gasifier last year to keep the tar and creosote down.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of creosote gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

A flammable black porous brittle glassy byproduct of wood burning, typically formed inside chimneys.

noun

(countable) The creosote bush.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for creosote.

noun

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

noun

A flammable black porous brittle glassy byproduct of wood burning, typically formed inside chimneys.

noun

(countable) The creosote bush.

verb

(transitive) To apply creosote.

Example sentences

1

Added a triple stage water filter to the gasifier last year to keep the tar and creosote down.

2

You could come in, look at the latest Creosote burns on his skin, and tell him that something-- anything!

3

As for the relationship of 'creole' and 'creosote' the only reference I could find is to 'creolin', a disinfectant derived from 'creosote' which are derivative from tars.

4

Honey bees think they've found a great hollow tree home with it even smelling like a tree due to creosote, but creosote levels are so high that it makes sick bee colonies.

5

Comet cores are expected to be extremely dark / low-reflectivity due to space weathering producing a carbon coating not unlike chimney-creosote.

6

There are actual creosote superfund sites in Puget Sound, from railroad tie manufacture.

7

Drill some holes in the stump and pour in some weed killer/diesel/creosote.

8

He would come home after work with burns from creosote and often looked as if he had gone balls-to-the-wall in the gym all day.

9

Seattle turned a creosote saturated lakefront area into a city park.

10

I would not want creosote or tar-treated wood in a house I live in, though.

11

Voila, rain smell (at least if you're around creosote plants).

12

For instance railroad ties were treated with creosote or tar.

Quote examples

1

Creosote is a form of ground cover, colloquially know as "scrub-brush".

2

In AZ, I know several "desert field trips" I went on as a child had us pick Creosote leaves, rub the leaves, and smell the oils released.

3

While creosote has been linked to naturally occuring compounds that "makes smog worse", to equate "chopping down trees" to managing "emissions" is pretty loose logic.

4

In theory, if we paved over LA we could reduce the dust and the creosote and maybe reduce "smog", but again this is not environmentalism, but rather geo-engineering.

Proper noun examples

1

Burning green wood makes for terrible fire wood it also causes issues with chimneys due to having more Creosote.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use creosote in a sentence?

Added a triple stage water filter to the gasifier last year to keep the tar and creosote down.

What does creosote mean?

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

What part of speech is creosote?

creosote is commonly used as noun, verb.