creosote
noun
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
creosoted
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past participleof creosote.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof creosote.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
creosotenounan oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
Example Sentences
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Removed were 8,592 creosoted pilings; 110,537 cubic yards of wood waste and contaminated sediment; and 56,500 square feet of derelict overwater structures.
From Seattle Times ā Apr. 2, 2022
It looked like it had been creosoted, so I call it the Shed.
From The Guardian ā Jul. 4, 2010
The stucco front, the creosoted gate, the privet hedge, the green front door.
From The Guardian ā Apr. 2, 2010
It is miles and miles of barbed wire once charged with electricity and guarded by machine-gun towers built of creosoted pine logs.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the wharf a fish packing plant exuded the odor of salmon bones, and the creosoted pilings of the state ferry terminal lay in among a fleet of mildewed boats.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
