noun🔗ShareThe mineralized remains of an animal or plant."The museum exhibit showed a beautiful fossil of a dinosaur bone. "geologyarchaeologysciencenaturehistoryanimalplantmineralorganismenvironmentbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals."The paleontologist found a fossil of a tiny sea creature in the museum's collection. "geologyarchaeologyenvironmentnaturesciencebiologypastanimalorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA fossil word.""The word 'thou' is a fossil word, no one uses it in modern English." "languagelinguisticswordhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAnything extremely old, extinct, or outdated."My grandmother's recipes are a fossil; no one uses them anymore. "geologyarchaeologyhistoryagesciencetimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading