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wood tar definition

wood tar

a dark, sticky, syruplike substance obtained by destructive distillation of wood and used in the preservation of timber, rope, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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