'Petrification' definitions:
Definition of 'petrification'
From: WordNet
noun
The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape [syn: petrifaction, petrification]
Definition of 'Petrification'
From: GCIDE
- Petrification \Pet`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. p['e]trification. See Petrify.]
- 1. See Petrifaction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Obduracy; callousness. --Hallywell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'petrification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancient manuscript,
- antique,
- antiquity,
- archaism,
- arteriosclerosis,
- artifact,
- atherosclerosis,
- calcification,
- callusing,
- case hardening,
- cave painting,
- concretion,
- cornification,
- crystallization,
- eolith,
- firming,
- fossil,
- fossilization,
- granulation,
- hardening,
- hornification,
- induration,
- lapidification,
- lithification,
- mezzolith,
- microlith,
- neolith,
- ossification,
- paleolith,
- petrifaction,
- petrified forest,
- petrified wood,
- petroglyph,
- plateaulith,
- relic,
- reliquiae,
- remains,
- ruin,
- ruins,
- sclerosis,
- setting,
- solidification,
- steeling,
- stiffening,
- survival,
- tempering,
- toughening,
- vestige,
- vitrifaction,
- vitrification