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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. examples
A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative. examples
(countable) The creosote bush. quotations examples
On Shaw Butte, as elsewhere in the Phoenix area, creosotes are abundant, producing a plethora of small yellow flowers in late March and April.
1994, John Alcock, Sonoran Desert Summer, page 88
third-person singular simple present creosotes, present participle creosoting, simple past and past participle creosoted
To apply creosote. quotations examples
Agnes was leaning over the creosoted garden gate …
1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, III [Uniform ed., p. 45]