Definition of Fossil

1. Noun. Someone whose style is out of fashion.

Exact synonyms: Dodo, Fogey, Fogy
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Golden Ager, Old Person, Oldster, Senior Citizen

2. Adjective. Characteristic of a fossil.

3. Noun. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Fucoid, Belemnite, Ammonite, Ammonoid, Guide Fossil, Index Fossil, Microfossil, Wormcast
Generic synonyms: Remains
Derivative terms: Fossilist, Fossilize

Definition of Fossil

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

2. n. A substance dug from the earth.

Definition of Fossil

1. the remains of an animal or plant preserved in the earth's crust [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fossil

1. 1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. Whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus. Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth. 3. 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. 4. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossil

fosse
fosse
fossed
fosses
fossette
fossette
fossettes
fosseway
fossick
fossicked
fossicker
fossickers
fossicking
fossicks
fossil (current term)
fossil (current term)
fossiliferous
fossiliferous
fossilification
fossilisation
fossilise
fossilised
fossilises
fossilising
fossilism
fossilist
fossilist
fossilization
fossilization
fossilizations

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