nnoun.processthe process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stoneSynset:fossilisation
Derivationally Related Form:fossilisefossilize
Hypernyms:action activity natural action natural process
Inherited Hypernyms:fossilizationnatural processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:petrifactionpetrification
Full Hyponyms:petrifaction
nnoun.actbecoming inflexible or out of dateSynset:fossilisation
Derivationally Related Form:fossilise
Hypernyms:passage transition
Inherited Hypernyms:fossilizationpassagechange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity