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fossilized en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
  3. Having become a fossil; no longer productive.

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fossilized en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of fossilize
    form of fossilize

Forms

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Deriveds

subfossilized · semifossilized · prefossilized · unfossilized · nonfossilized · fossilized lightning

Relateds

fossil word

Synonyms

antiquated (outmoded) · outdated · unfashionable · disused

Translations (13)

ro fosilizat (in a state of fossilisation) · fi fossilisoitunut (in a state of fossilisation) · sv fossiliserad (in a state of fossilisation) · de fossilisiert (in a state of fossilisation) · pl skostniały (in a state of fossilisation) · gu અશ્મિભૂત (in a state of fossilisation) · gl fósil (in a state of fossilisation) · de versteinert (in a state of fossilisation) · fr fossilisé (in a state of fossilisation) · pt fossilizado (in a state of fossilisation) · da fossil (in a state of fossilisation) · el απολιθωμένος (in a state of fossilisation) · fi kivettynyt (in a state of fossilisation)