Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossilizer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-siliz-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which causes or undergoes fossilization.

Example Sentences

"Because their wood contains so much water, and fallen baobabs decompose so quickly, the trees are poor fossilizers."
"When they refuse, she turns her fossilizer ray on them then returns to the 25th century to dig them up."

Etymology

From fossilize + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fossilize

Inflected Forms

fossilizers (plural)

Questions

What does fossilizer mean?: That which causes or undergoes fossilization.
Where does fossilizer come from?: From fossilize + -er.

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