coal-tar creosote coal tar • coal-tar crude · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · coal-tar creosote · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood. Synonyms: creosote, coal-tar creosote. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · creosote · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074