FOSSILIZATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • becoming inflexible or out of date
   Synonym(s)
   • fossilisation (what does fossilisation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) fossilization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   • transition (what does transition mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fossilize (what does fossilize mean?)
   • fossilise (what does fossilise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age
   • the process of being turned to stone
   Synonym(s)
   • fossilisation (what does fossilisation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) fossilization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural process (what does natural process mean?)
   • natural action (what does natural action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • petrifaction (what does petrifaction mean?)
   • petrification (what does petrification mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fossilize (what does fossilize mean?)
   • fossilise (what does fossilise mean?)
   • fossilize (what does fossilize mean?)
   • fossilise (what does fossilise mean?)