Fossil

What do we mean by fossil?

A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust. noun

One that is outdated or antiquated. noun

A word or morpheme that is used only in certain restricted contexts, as kempt in unkempt, but is otherwise obsolete. noun

An archaic syntactic rule or pattern used only in idioms, as so be it. noun

Characteristic of or having the nature of a fossil. adjective

Being or similar to a fossil. adjective

Belonging to the past; antiquated. adjective

Dug out of the earth: as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

Pertaining to or resembling fossils; preserved by natural inhumation, as an organic body, in form and sometimes in texture: as, fossil shells, bones, or wood. See II., 2.

Figuratively, antiquated; superannuated; outgrown; belonging to a past epoch or discarded system: as, a fossil statesman; fossil manners or literature.

Any rock or mineral, or any mineral substance, whether of an organic or of an inorganic nature, dug out of the ground. noun

Specifically, in later geological and mineralogical use, anything which has been buried beneath the surface of the earth by natural causes or geological agencies, and which bears in its form or chemical composition the evidence that it is of organic origin. noun

Hence, figuratively, one who or something which is antiquated, or has fallen behind the progress of ideas; a person or thing of superannuated or discarded character or quality: as, a curious literary fossil. noun

A substance dug from the earth. noun

The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living. noun

A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. noun

Dug out of the earth adjective

Preserved from a previous geological age; from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so described has had its substance modified by long residence in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in cases where chemical composition is not altered. adjective

Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not. adjective

The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.

Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.

A fossil word.

Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.

Words that are spelled similarly to fossil:
fossil, dossil, fosil, fossi.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fossil:
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Words that rhyme with fossil:
docile, apostle, jostle, colossal, tossel, vasile, glossal, throstle, losel, hosel, roselle, dossil, dossel, basile, microfossil, wassel, nosel, drossel, dosel, saint james the apostle, paul the apostle, rossel, saint andrew the apostle, thomas the doubting apostle, saint peter the apostle, stossel, saint john the apostle, saint matthew the apostle, rossell, trostle, across hill, bhosle, cawsl, cross hill, foss hill, fosse il, fossel, krossel, moss hill, possehl, postle, ross hill, wasil, wassell.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fossil:
old, human, oldest, first, characteristic, common, single, only, earliest, abundant, hominid, important, particular, ancient, remarkable, interesting, rare, famous, like, curious, marine, complete, original, true, beautiful, recent, typical, vertebrate, neanderthal, numerous, actual, known, mere, singular, largest, non, cretaceous, peculiar, ammonite, valuable, shaped, transitional, sub, fragmentary, unique, gigantic, huge, genuine, useful, prehistoric, zonal, tertiary, conventional, australopithecine, commonest, excellent, nuclear, trilobite, type, saints, enigmatic, distinctive, extraordinary, strange, linguistic, giant, primitive, molecular, petrified.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fossil:
fuels, record, fuel, plants, evidence, species, shells, bones, forms, wood, state, fishes, material, remains, assemblages, records, mammals, combustion, energy, fish, animals, specimens, hominids, vertebrates, use, flora, resources, deposits, fragments, beds, fauna, consumption, teeth, bone, localities, assemblage, leaves, pollen, skull, reptiles, plant, content, insects, corals, sources, resin, birds, reserves, trees, shell, organisms, soils, genera, burning, discoveries, faunas, sites, skulls, taxa, finds, footprints, floras, locality, contents, emissions, ivory, primates, horses, skeletons, representatives, algae, animal, collections, site, apes, collection, hunters, bed, samples, skeleton, woods, elephant, hunting, ferns, specimen, coal, soil, resins, reefs, poetry.

Consonant match to fossil:
facile, fissile, phasel, fur seal, ficelle, fiesole, fussell, fessel, face seal, fascell, fissel, fissell, foss hill, fosse il, fossel, fuss all.

Words that sound like fossil:
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