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birch tar

birch tar noun: a substance (liquid when heated) derived from dry distillation of birch bark, and composed of phenols such as guaiacol, cresol, xylenol and creosol.

Noun

birch tar

  1. A substance (liquid when heated) derived from dry distillation of birch bark, and composed of phenols such as guaiacol, cresol, xylenol and creosol.
    Synonyms:
    birch pitch

Synonyms of birch tar

  • birch pitch

Questions about birch tar

What does birch tar mean?
Birch tar means a substance (liquid when heated) derived from dry distillation of birch bark, and composed of phenols such as guaiacol, cresol, xylenol and creosol.
What part of speech is birch tar?
Birch tar is a noun.

Words near birch tar in the dictionary

  1. birch oil
  2. birch oils
  3. Birch reduction
  4. birch skeletonizer
  5. birch skeletonizers
  6. birch tar
  7. birch tree
  8. birch trees
  9. Birch Vale
  10. birch wood
  11. birch woods

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