creosote
verb/ˈkriːəsəʊt/
/ˈkriːəsəʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they creosote | /ˈkriːəsəʊt/ /ˈkriːəsəʊt/ |
| he / she / it creosotes | /ˈkriːəsəʊts/ /ˈkriːəsəʊts/ |
| past simple creosoted | /ˈkriːəsəʊtɪd/ /ˈkriːəsəʊtɪd/ |
| past participle creosoted | /ˈkriːəsəʊtɪd/ /ˈkriːəsəʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form creosoting | /ˈkriːəsəʊtɪŋ/ /ˈkriːəsəʊtɪŋ/ |
- creosote something to paint or preserve something with creosoteWord Originmid 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek kreas ‘flesh’ + sōtēr ‘preserver’, with reference to its antiseptic properties.
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