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| Kreosote | n. See Creosote. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Creosote | n. [ Gr. kre`as, gen. kre`ws, flesh + sw`zein to preserve. ] (Chem.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide, and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol{ 1 } proper, while creosote is a mixture of several phenols. [ 1913 Webster ]
Coal-tar creosote (Chem.), a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Creosote | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Creosoted p. pr. & vb. n. Creosoting. ] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay. | | Creosote bush | . A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
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| | creosote | (n) น้ำมันสีน้ำตาล (ใช้ทารักษาเนื้อไม้) |
| | creosote | (ครี'อะโซท) n. ยาฆ่าเชื้อและกันผุชนิดหนึ่งเป็นของเหลวที่เป็นสารผสมของphenols |
| | | | | creosote | (n) a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic | | creosote | (n) a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood, Syn. coal-tar creosote | | creosote | (v) treat with creosote | | creosote bush | (n) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers, Syn. Larrea tridentata, hediondilla, coville |
| | Creosote | n. [ Gr. kre`as, gen. kre`ws, flesh + sw`zein to preserve. ] (Chem.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide, and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol{ 1 } proper, while creosote is a mixture of several phenols. [ 1913 Webster ]
Coal-tar creosote (Chem.), a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Creosote | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Creosoted p. pr. & vb. n. Creosoting. ] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay. | | Creosote bush | . A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
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