English dictionary

fossilize

/'f/A/s/@/,l/aI/z/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

convert to a fossil

verb.change

Examples
The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone.

Synonyms fossilise

Source: WordNet 3.0
become mentally inflexible

verb.change

Source: WordNet 3.0
To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to <i>fossilize</i> bones or wood.

verb

Source: webster1913
To become fossil.

verb

Source: webster1913