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 ● Apr. 2, 2022
Its sleepers of creosoted beech, which were blamed for breathing difficulties, had been replaced by solid oak.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2010
The stucco front, the creosoted gate, the privet hedge, the green front door.
From The Guardian ● 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
Abel blew his warm breath against the lock before opening Sommensen’s warehouse—a mildewed barn built of creosoted timbers, put up more than fifty years earlier.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
