fossilize

fossilize is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 22 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
2. transitive verb. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
3. intransitive verb. To become fossil.
4. intransitive verb. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
5. verb. become mentally inflexible

   Synonyms: fossilise

6. verb. convert to a fossil

   "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

   Synonyms: fossilise

Synonyms

fossilise

Common word forms

fossilized, fossilizes, fossilizing

Words from these letters

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