PETRIFACTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("petrifaction" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)

Derivation:

petrify (change into stone)

Meaning:

The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

Synonyms:

petrifaction; petrification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("petrifaction" is a kind of...):

fossilisation; fossilization (the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone)

Derivation:

petrify (change into stone)