Dictionaries › English

fossilize

Pronunciation: /ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/

The English word “fossilize” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make into a fossil.
  2. To become a fossil.
  3. To become inflexible or outmoded.
  4. To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.

Etymology

From fossil + -ize.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “fossilize” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.