fossilize
/ˈfɒs(ə)lʌɪz/
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American sound/ˈfɒs(ə)lʌɪz/
fossilize
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fos - si - lize -> fossilize
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၁။ ကျောက်ဖြစ်ရုပ်ကြွင်း။ superbly preserved fossils over 2 million years old ❍ the fossil record.
၂။ (infml derog ) ခေတ်ဟောင်းတွင် နေရစ်သူ။ ခုနစ်ဆွေး ရှစ်ဆွေးကြီး။ She's a real old fossil.
❏ fossilize, -ise / 'fɒsǝlaÇz / v
၁။ ကျောက်ဖြစ် ရုပ်ကြွင်း ဖြစ်သွားသည်။ fossilized bones.
၂။ (ယဉ်ကျေးမှု၊ အတွေးအခေါ် စသည်) အသေ စွဲထား သည်။ He allowed his intellect and judgement to fossilze.
❏ fossilization, -isation / fɒsǝlaÇ'zeÇʃn; US -lǝ'z- / n [U] ကျောက်ဖြစ်ရုပ်ကြွင်းဖြစ်စဉ်။ the long process of fossilization.
❏ fossil fuel n [C, U] ရှေးရုပ်ကြွင်း လောင်စာ၊ လောင်စာဆီ။ What will happen when our fossil fuels run out?
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relic, remnant, vestige, along in years, anachronistic, ancient, back number, been around, broken down, creaky, dead and gone, deposit, dinosaur, disused, eolith, few miles on, geriatric, gray-haired, had it, has been, has-been, horse and buggy, impression, lot of mileage, neolith, not young, obsolete, old, old goat, old-hat, old-school, oldie, oldish, out of date, out of fashion, out-of-fashion, over the hill, paleolith, past one's prime, petrifaction, reconstruction, remains, skeleton, specimen, trace, worse for wear
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