Petrification

//ˌpɛtɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "petrification" (51 found)

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Closest matches (11)

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Noun(1 words)

petrifaction

Strong matches (15)

case hardening cave painting concretion cornification crystallization eolith firming fossil fossilization granulation hardening hornification induration lapidification lithification

Related words (25)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

fossilisation fossilization

Synonyms

1 entries

petrifaction

Related terms

5 entries

crystallization petrified forest petrified wood petrify vitrification

derived from

1 entries

petrify

related to

12 entries

animal callousness insoluble obduracy organic petrified forest petrified wood petrify plant residue salt topography

Translations

14 translations across 12 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πώρωσις noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Catalan

1 entries

petrificació noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Dutch

1 entries

verstening noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

French

1 entries

pétrification noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

German

2 entries

Petrifikation noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)
Versteinerung noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Italian

1 entries

pietrificazione noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Māori

1 entries

whakatokatanga noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Occitan

1 entries

petrificacion noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Polish

1 entries

petryfikacja noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Portuguese

1 entries

petrificação noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Spanish

2 entries

petrificación noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)
silicatización noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Welsh

1 entries

caregiad noun (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ziri stood in complete petrification.

Source: tatoeba (11231641)

a Petrification or Mortification of the Mind

Source: wiktionary

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