creosote

Etymology
Coined in 1832 by Carl Reichenbach as, a learned formation from + , after the substance's antiseptic quality. Adopted in English by 1835.

Noun

 * 1) A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
 * 2) A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
 * 3)  The creosote bush.

Translations

 * Esperanto: kreozoto
 * French:
 * Georgian: კრეოზოტი
 * Greek:
 * Irish: créasóid
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kreosot
 * Nynorsk: kreosot
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: क्रव्यप
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: kreyosota
 * Ukrainian: креозо́т
 * Welsh: creosot

Verb

 * 1) To apply creosote.
 * As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection.
 * 1) * 1907,, The Longest Journey, Part I, III [Uniform ed., p. 45]:
 * Agnes was leaning over the creosoted garden gate …

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 * Spanish: