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Petrification

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as petrifaction.
  • noun. Obduracy; callousness.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See petrifaction.
  • noun. Fig.: Obduracy; callousness.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained
  • noun. obduracy; callousness
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
    • Word Usage
    "When Anthony Perkins starts slashing at the curtain, I think my entire body was frozen in petrification."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fossilisation  fossilization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    backlog  brown-grey  cavitation  cementation  death-scene  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ancient manuscript  antique  antiquity  archaism  arteriosclerosis  
    variant
    petrifaction  
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