FOSSILIZATION

• FOSSILIZATION (noun)
  The noun FOSSILIZATION has 2 senses:

1. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone
2. becoming inflexible or out of date

  Familiarity information: FOSSILIZATION used as a noun is rare.

• FOSSILIZATION (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

fossilisation; fossilization

Hypernyms ("fossilization" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fossilization"):

petrifaction; petrification (the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape)

Meaning:

Becoming inflexible or out of date

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fossilisation; fossilization

Hypernyms ("fossilization" is a kind of...):

passage; transition (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)