Coalify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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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