Coalify
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To change into coal.
"The fossils are produced from an approximately 40 cm thick, organic-fragment-rich clayey, sandy mudstone that is rich in coalified root traces, both horizontal and vertical, suggesting a saturated or water-logged anoxic deposit."
Example
More examples"The fossils are produced from an approximately 40 cm thick, organic-fragment-rich clayey, sandy mudstone that is rich in coalified root traces, both horizontal and vertical, suggesting a saturated or water-logged anoxic deposit."
Etymology
From coal + -ify.
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