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fossilized adjective [ ˈfɒs(ə)lʌɪzd ]

• preserved to become a fossil.
• "a fossilized bone"

fossilize verb

• preserve (an animal or plant) so that it becomes a fossil.
• "the hard parts of the body are readily fossilized"
Similar: petrified, ossified, lapidified, archaic, antiquated, antediluvian, old-fashioned, quaint, outdated, outmoded, behind the times, anachronistic, stuck in time, prehistoric, antwacky,


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