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🛢️ A wood preservative 🛢️ To protect wood
to creosote

to creosote

8.8
To treat wood with a dark oily liquid to stop rot and pests
  • verb
  • /ˈkriːoʊˌsoʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : creosotar
  • Many railroad ties are creosoted to increase their durability against rot.

Examples

  • The company creosotes wooden posts before installing them along the fence line.

  • We need to creosote the fence this weekend.

  • They were creosoting the docks to protect the wood from marine borers.

  • The carpenter creosoted the wooden beams.

  • The company creosotes wooden posts to ensure they last longer against moisture and insects.

  • Before winter arrives, they always creosote the garden fence to protect it from decay.

  • He has to creosote the boat dock every spring to keep it in good condition.

Compounds

creosote bush
  • US
1 9.8

A desert shrub with sticky leaves that have a strong smell and small yellow flowers

coal-tar creosote
  • Specialized
9.1

A dark oily liquid made from coal tar that protects wood from rot and insects

How Preserved

to preserve
496 3.4
to creosote
  • Specialized
8.8
to treat
211 3.2
to coat
105 2.8

Surface Forms

creosote infinitive
creosoted past
creosoted past participle
creosoting present participle
creosotes third person singular

Etymology

The verb creosote comes from the noun creosote, which comes from the Greek parts kreos ('flesh') and sote ('to preserve'). So, to creosote wood is to treat it with that oily preservative to stop rot and decay.