wood tar

noun

a dark viscid product obtained from wood by distillation or by slow burning without flame, used in its natural state to preserve timber, rope, etc., or subjected to further distillation to yield creosote, oils, and a final residuum, wood pitch.

Origin of wood tar

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby wood tar

Woodstock, wood stork, wood sugar, wood-swallow, woodsy, wood tar, wood thrush, wood tick, woodtone, woodturner, wood turning

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Example sentences from the Web for wood tar

Creasote or Kreozote is a term applied to the mixture of crude phenols obtained from the distillation of wood-tar.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Pittacal, pit′a-kal, n. a blue substance obtained from wood-tar oil and used in dyeing.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Coal-tar and wood-tar or pitch, applied hot in thin coats, are also good and cheap preservatives for exposed wood-work.
Woodworking for Beginners|Charles Gardner Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for wood tar

wood tar

noun

any tar produced by the destructive distillation of wood: used in producing tarred cord and rope and formerly in medicine as disinfectants and antiseptics

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单词	wood tar
释义	wood tar noun a dark viscid product obtained from wood by distillation or by slow burning without flame, used in its natural state to preserve timber, rope, etc., or subjected to further distillation to yield creosote, oils, and a final residuum, wood pitch. Origin of wood tar First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby wood tar Woodstock, wood stork, wood sugar, wood-swallow, woodsy, wood tar, wood thrush, wood tick, woodtone, woodturner, wood turning Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wood tar Creasote or Kreozote is a term applied to the mixture of crude phenols obtained from the distillation of wood-tar. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection\|Alexander Wynter Blyth Pittacal, pit′a-kal, n. a blue substance obtained from wood-tar oil and used in dyeing. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)\|Various Coal-tar and wood-tar or pitch, applied hot in thin coats, are also good and cheap preservatives for exposed wood-work. Woodworking for Beginners\|Charles Gardner Wheeler British Dictionary definitions for wood tar wood tar noun any tar produced by the destructive distillation of wood: used in producing tarred cord and rope and formerly in medicine as disinfectants and antiseptics Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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