English dictionary

fossilization

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone

noun.process

Synonyms fossilisation

Source: WordNet 3.0
becoming inflexible or out of date

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.

noun

Source: webster1913