petrification
noun/ˌpɛtɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology
From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation.
- derived from pétrifier + -ation
- derived from pétrification
Definitions
Turning to stone
Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
obduracy
obduracy; callousness.
- a Petrification or Mortification of the Mind
Sheer terror
Sheer terror; great fright.
The neighborhood
- synonympetrifaction
- neighborpetrified forest
- neighborpetrified wood
- neighborpetrify
- neighborcrystallization
- neighborvitrification
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for petrification. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA