wood-tar pitch

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• wood-tar pitch — noun : pitch 1b …   Useful english dictionary

• wood tar — wood′ tar n. chem. a dark, viscid wood product used to preserve timber, rope, etc., or distilled to yield creosote, oils, and pitch • Etymology: 1855–60 …   From formal English to slang

• wood tar — noun any tar obtained by the destructive distillation of wood • Hypernyms: ↑natural resin • Hyponyms: ↑pine tar * * * noun : tar obtained by the destructive distillation of wood either as a deposit from pyroligneous acid or as a residue from the… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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.… …   Universalium

• wood tar — /ˈwʊd ta/ (say wood tah) noun a dark viscid product obtained from wood by distillation or burning slowly without flame, used in its natural state to preserve timber, etc., or subjected to further distillation, when it yields creosote, oils, and a …  

• pitch — pitch1 pitchable, adj. /pich/, v.t. 1. to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like). 2. to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position. 3. to throw, fling, hurl, or toss. 4. Baseball. a. to deliver or serve (the ball) to the… …   Universalium

• Tar — is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. Most tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production, but it can also be produced from petroleum, peat or wood.Types of tarGeneralThe word tar is… …   Wikipedia

• Pitch (resin) — Pitch is the name for any of a number of highly viscous liquids which appear solid. Pitch can be made from petroleum products or plants. Petroleum derived pitch is also called bitumen. Pitch produced from plants is also known as resin. Products… …   Wikipedia

• pitch — pitch1 [pich] n. [ME pich < OE pic < L pix (gen. picis) < IE base * pi , to be fat > FAT] 1. a black, sticky substance formed in the distillation of coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc. and used for waterproofing, roofing, pavements,… …   English World dictionary

• pitch — I. /pɪtʃ / (say pich) verb (t) 1. to set up or erect (a tent, camp, etc.). 2. to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position (as cricket stumps, etc.). 3. to set or aim at a certain point, degree, level, etc.: he pitched his hopes …  

• tar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. asphalt, pitch, resin, bitumen; goo, sludge. v. besmirch, stain, blacken, defame; tar and feather. See navigation, covering, punishment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A viscous liquid] Syn. pitch, mineral… …   English dictionary for students