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fos´sil|like´ — fos|sil «FOS uhl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the hardened remains or traces of an animal or plant of a former age. Fossils of ferns are found in coal. 2. Figurative. a very old fashioned person, set in his ways: »That lecturer is an old fossil a… … Useful english dictionary
fos|sil — «FOS uhl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the hardened remains or traces of an animal or plant of a former age. Fossils of ferns are found in coal. 2. Figurative. a very old fashioned person, set in his ways: »That lecturer is an old fossil a century… … Useful english dictionary
fos·sil — /ˈfɑːsəl/ noun, pl sils [count] 1 : something (such as a leaf, skeleton, or footprint) that is from a plant or animal which lived in ancient times and that you can see in some rocks a dinosaur fossil sometimes used before another noun fossil [ … Useful english dictionary
fossil — fos|sil [ˈfɔsəl US ˈfa: ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: fossilis dug up , from fodere to dig ] 1.) an animal or plant that lived many thousands of years ago and that has been preserved, or the shape of one of these animals or plants that… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fossil — fos|sil [ fasl ] noun count ** 1. ) an animal or plant, or part of one, that lived many thousands of years ago and is preserved in rock or as a piece of rock: fossils of shellfish 2. ) IMPOLITE an insulting word for someone who is old and has old … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fossil — fossillike, adj. /fos euhl/, n. 1. any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc. 2. a markedly outdated or old fashioned person or thing. 3. a linguistic form that is archaic except… … Universalium
Phosphorus — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Phosphorus (disambiguation). silicon ← phosphorus → sulfur … Wikipedia
Fossil — Fos sil, n. 1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Note: Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth. Ure. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
