fossilize

Other forms of fossilize

past tense

fossilized·

present participle

fossilizing·

third person

fossilizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fossilize

What does fossilize mean?

fossilize means "convert to a fossil". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fossilize?

fossilize has 3 syllables: fos-si-lize. The stress falls on "fos". In IPA it is /ˈfɑsəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for fossilize?

Close synonyms include fossilise, fossilise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fossilize a common word?

fossilize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fossilize?

83 words rhyme with fossilize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.