—fossil /ˈfɒs.əl/ aep /ˈfɑː.səl/
noun [C] (IN ROCK)
► F0 the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long periodThesaurus+: ↑Palaeontology and fossilsnoun [C] (PERSON)
► F0 INFORMAL HUMOROUS an old person, especially one who will not accept new ideasThesaurus+: ↑People who are boring and old-fashioned- ↑Ranks in the Navy
- ↑Rarely and infrequently
- ↑Reacting and responding
- ↑Reading
- ↑Ready and willing
- ↑Reality and truth
- ↑Reasons and explanations
- ↑Reassuring
- ↑Reciprocating
- ↑Reclining
- ↑Recording sounds and images
- ↑Recovering from illness
- ↑Recruiting staff, applying for and accepting jobs
- ↑Refereeing and judging in sport
- ↑Reference books
- ↑Reflexive forms
- ↑Refrigerators and freezers
- ↑Refusing and rejecting
- ↑Regarding and concerning
- ↑Relating to detection and solving crimes
- ↑Relating to particular parts of the body
- ↑Relating to regular periods of time
- ↑Relating to sex and sexual desire
- ↑Relating to sexual preference
- ↑Relating to time