fossilize
English
/ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to make into a fossil
- (intransitive) to become a fossil
- (figurative) to become inflexible or outmoded
- (figurative) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.
Etymology
Suffix from English fossil.
Origin
English
fossil
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chemofossil English
- fossil English
- fossilate English
- fossildom English
- fossiled English
- fossilhood English
- fossiliferous English
- fossilification English
- fossilify English
- fossilism English
- fossilist English
- fossility English
- fossilizable English
- fossilization English
- fossilogy English
- fossilology English
- ichnofossil English
- macrofossil English
- magnetofossil English
- megafossil English
- mesofossil English
- microfossil English
- nanofossil English
- nonfossil English
- palynofossil English
- pseudofossil English
- semifossil English
- subfossil English
- technofossil English
- unfossilizable English
- fossile French
- ฟอสซิล Thai
- fosilo Ido
- fossil
- fossiled
- fossilify
- fossilogy
- nonfossil
- fossildom
- fossilism
- fossility
- subfossil
- fossilist
- fossilate
- fossilhood
- nanofossil
- semifossil
- megafossil
- mesofossil
- fossilology
- macrofossil
- chemofossil
- microfossil
- ichnofossil
- palynofossil
- pseudofossil
- technofossil
- fossilizable
- fossilization
- magnetofossil
- fossiliferous
- unfossilizable
- fossilification