Associations to the word «Fossilize»
Noun
- Dinosaur
- Footprint
- Fossil
- Cretaceous
- Pollen
- Triassic
- Coloration
- Dung
- Resin
- Skeleton
- Homo
- Sediment
- Vertebra
- Meteorite
- Stratum
- Remains
- Paleontology
- Cartilage
- Organism
- Specimen
- Spore
- Bone
- Reef
- Skull
- Limestone
- Reptile
- Arthropod
- Coral
- Embryo
- Shell
- Sandstone
- Burrow
- Crust
- Cone
- Amber
- Deposit
- Shale
- Tooth
- Alga
- Gaia
- Stump
- Geologist
- Shark
- Morphology
- Fragment
- Snail
- Invertebrate
- Egg
- Epoch
- Taxon
- Jaw
- Quarry
- Insect
- Sap
- Tissue
- Prefix
- Marrow
- Rex
- Feather
- Diversity
- Animal
- Calcium
- Mineral
- Million
- Formation
- Peculiarity
- Trace
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
FOSSILIZE, verb. (transitive) to make into a fossil
FOSSILIZE, verb. (intransitive) to become a fossil
FOSSILIZE, verb. (figurative) (by extension) (intransitive) to become inflexible or outmoded
FOSSILIZE, verb. (figurative) (by extension) (transitive) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.
Dictionary definition
FOSSILIZE, verb. Convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone".
FOSSILIZE, verb. Become mentally inflexible.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.