ALL meanings of wood tar
wood tar
W w - noun wood tar 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. 1
- noun wood tar any tar produced by the destructive distillation of wood: used in producing tarred cord and rope and formerly in medicine as disinfectants and antiseptics 0
- noun wood tar a dark, sticky, syruplike substance obtained by destructive distillation of wood and used in the preservation of timber, rope, etc. 0