Topic: GEOLOGY
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fos‧sil‧ize also fossilise British English
1 [usually passive] if people, ideas, systems etc fossilize or are fossilized, they never change or develop, even when there are good reasons why they should change : Most couples, however fossilized their relationship, have some interests in common.
Most couples, however fossilized their relationship, have some interests in common.2 [intransitive and transitive]HEG to become or form a fossil by being preserved in rock : fossilized dinosaur bones
fossilized dinosaur bones —fossilization noun [uncountable]
noun [uncountable]