petrification
Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants with…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.
» Ziri stood in complete petrification.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Versteinerung, Petrifikation
the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Obduracy; callousness.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Sheer terror; great fright.
Examples
1 sentencesZiri stood in complete petrification.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation.From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation.
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Forms
plural: petrifications| Singular | petrification |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape:petrifaction
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable