wood pitch


noun

the final product of the destructive distillation of wood.

Example sentences from the Web for wood pitch

  • Outside the circle, a pile of brush burned with much crackling of wood-pitch.

    Big Stupe |Charles V. De Vet

British Dictionary definitions for wood pitch

wood pitch

noun

the dark viscid residue left after the distillation of wood tar: used as a binder in briquettes