Other spellings change

Word parts change

fossil + -ize

Pronunciation change

  • (UK) IPA (key): /ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/ or /ˈfɒsl̩aɪz/

Verb change

Plain form
fossilize

Third-person singular
fossilizes

Past tense
fossilized

Past participle
fossilized

Present participle
fossilizing

  1. (transitive) If you fossilize something, you make it into a fossil.
  2. (intransitive) If something fossilizes, it becomes a fossil.