What is "fossil" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fossil mean in English? Meaning of fossil definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fossil" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fossil": someone whose style is out of fashion

Noun

  • Meaning: someone whose style is out of fashion
  • Synonyms: dodo fogey fogy fossil
  • Hypernyms: golden ager old person oldster senior citizen
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈfɑːsəl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɒsəl/

    Meaning of "fossil": characteristic of a fossil

    Adjective

  • Meaning: characteristic of a fossil
  • Synonyms: fossil
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈfɑːsəl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɒsəl/

    Meaning of "fossil": the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

    Noun

  • Meaning: the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
  • Synonyms: fossil
  • Hyponyms: ammonite ammonoid belemnite fucoid guide fossil index fossil microfossil wormcast
  • Hypernyms: remains
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈfɑːsəl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɒsəl/

  • Adjective: The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.(paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals. 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:  He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:  He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.(linguistics) A fossilized term.(figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
  • Synonyms:

    specimen, relic, skeleton, trace, impression, deposit, reconstruction, neolith, eolith, paleolith, petrifaction,

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    fossil in English: fossil
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