creosote

See also: créosote

English

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creosote

Etymology

Coined in 1832 by Carl Reichenbach as German Kreosot, a learned formation from Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “preserver”), after the substance's antiseptic quality. Adopted in English by 1835.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːəˌsəʊt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːəˌsoʊt/

Noun

creosote (countable and uncountable, plural creosotes)

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.
(countable) The creosote bush.
- 1994, John Alcock, Sonoran Desert Summer, page 88:
  On Shaw Butte, as elsewhere in the Phoenix area, creosotes are abundant, producing a plethora of small yellow flowers in late March and April.

Derived terms

Translations

liquid obtained from wood or tar

Esperanto: kreozoto
Finnish: kreosootti (fi)
French: créosote (fr) m
Georgian: კრეოზოტი (ḳreozoṭi)
Greek: κρεόζωτο (el) n (kreózoto)
Irish: créasóid f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kreosot m

Nynorsk: kreosot m
Russian: креозо́т (ru) m (kreozót)
Sanskrit: क्रव्यप (kravyap)
Spanish: creosota (es) f
Tagalog: kreyosota
Turkish: kreozot (tr)
Ukrainian: креозо́т m (kreozót)
Welsh: creosot m

Verb

creosote (third-person singular simple present creosotes, present participle creosoting, simple past and past participle creosoted)

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

Derived terms

Translations

to apply creosote

French: créosoter (fr)
Spanish: creosotar (es)

Related terms

creosote bush

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Verb

creosote

inflection of creosotar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative