noun🔗ShareA pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally."The old medicine cabinet contained a small, dusty bottle labeled "Creosote," a remedy popular long ago. "substancemedicinechemistrymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative."My dad painted the wooden fence with creosote to protect it from rotting in the rain. "substancematerialchemistryindustryenvironmentbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe creosote bush."The desert landscape was dotted with the drought-tolerant creosote. "plantenvironmentnaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo apply creosote."As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection."materialutilitypropertyenvironmentindustrybuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
