HyperDic: petrification

English > 1 sense of the word petrification:
NOUNprocesspetrification, petrifactionthe process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
English > petrification: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningThe process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape.
Synonympetrifaction
Broaderfossilization, fossilisationThe process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age
Spanishpetrificación
Catalanpetrificació
Verbspetrifychange into stone

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