fossilized

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
2. adjective Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
3. adjective Having become a fossil; no longer productive.
4. verb simple past and past participle of fossilize

Similar words

ossified inflexible fossil rigid prefossilized subfossilized taphonomised autochthonous well-preserved postsedimentary

Often followed by

remains in bones and dinosaur wood bone human by