Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless to yellow aromatic liquid, C8H10O2, that is a constituent of creosote.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless oily liquid (C8H10O2) of an agreeable odor and a burning taste.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
methoxy phenol 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol that is a constituent ofcreosote
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word creosol.
Examples
-
Every time someone uses the toilet, he should pour or sprinkle into it a small amount of regular household disinfectant, such as creosol or chlorine bleach, to keep down odors and germs.
In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) United States. Office of Civil Defense
-
It is a fortnight to-morrow since we mobilised, and we have had no work yet except our own fatigue duty in the Convent; it was our turn this morning, and I scrubbed the lavatories out with creosol.
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Anonymous
-
Though we lay no claims to perfection -- or anything like it -- few trenches were cleaner than ours were, and right to the very end of the war we never left a trench or billet without it being cleaner and more "lime and creosol" - ated than when we entered it.
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 David Douglas Ogilvie
-
Is there to be nothing left but silence and a shadow or a specimen in a dusty case of glass preserved in creosol and stuffed with lime?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 Various 1898
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.