<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.</li><li>coal-tar creosote.</li><li>a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done.</li><li>a furnace for cremating.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to treat with creosote.</li><li>cre·o·sot·ed, cre·o·sot·ing.</li></ul>