Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fossil
Fossil
fossil
n. & adj. --n. 1 the remains or impression of a (usu. prehistoric) plant or animal hardened in rock (often attrib. : fossil bones; fossil shells). 2 colloq. an antiquated or unchanging person or thing. 3 a word that has become obsolete except in set phrases or forms, e.g. hue in hue and cry. --adj. 1 of or like a fossil. 2 antiquated; out of date. Phrases and idioms fossil fuel a natural fuel such as coal or gas formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. fossil ivory see IVORY. Derivatives fossiliferous adj. fossilize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). fossilization n. Etymology: F fossile f. L fossilis f. fodere foss- dig
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I. adjective see: bed Date: 1604 preserved from a past geologic age , being or resembling a ~, of or relating to ~ fuel, II. noun Date: 1736 a remnant, impression, or trace of an organism of past geologic ages that has been preserved in the earth's crust, 2. a person whose views are outmoded ; fogy, something (as a theory) that has become rigidly fixed, an old word or word element preserved only by idiom (as fro in to and fro) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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