fossilize

Meaning of fossilize

verb
  1. preserve (an animal or plant) so that it becomes a fossil.
    the hard parts of the body are readily fossilized

Information about fossilize

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of fossilize is: fossilizes.
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Hyphenation of fossilize

fos-silize

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • fossilize is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

fossilize synonyms

Meaning so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified:

petrified

Meaning having turned into bone or bony tissue:

ossified

Meaning change (organic matter) into a stony substance; petrify:

lapidified

Meaning very old or old-fashioned:

archaic

Meaning old-fashioned or outdated:

antiquated

Meaning of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood:

antediluvian

Meaning attractively unusual or old-fashioned:

quaint

Meaning out of date; obsolete:

outdated

Meaning old-fashioned:

outmoded

Meaning belonging to a period other than that being portrayed:

anachronistic

Meaning relating to or denoting the period before written records:

prehistoric

Words that rhyme with fossilize

Baalize, Continentalize, Heliogabalize, Occidentalize, Orientalize, Provencalize, Tagalize, abnormalize, acetalize, actualize, adrenalize, adverbialize, alkalize, amoralize, anacephalize, animalize, annalize, annualize, arterialize, artificialize, asexualize, bacchanalize, balize, banalize, bestialize, brachycephalize, brutalize, cabbalize, canalize, cannibalize, canonicalize, capitalize, carnalize, casualize, celestialize, centralize, centrifugalize, cerebralize, ceremonialize, chaptalize, chemicalize, chloralize, classicalize, clericalize, coalize, coeducationalize, coequalize, collateralize, colloquialize, colonialize

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