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petrifaction
Overview of noun petrifaction
The noun petrifaction has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. petrifaction, petrification -- (the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape)
2. petrifaction -- (a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petrifaction
2 senses of petrifaction
Sense 1
petrifaction, petrification
=> fossilization, fossilisation
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
petrifaction
=> rock, stone
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun petrifaction
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petrifaction
2 senses of petrifaction
Sense 1
petrifaction, petrification
=> fossilization, fossilisation
Sense 2
petrifaction
=> rock, stone
Antonyms of noun petrifaction
Member Holonyms of noun petrifaction
Substance Holonyms of noun petrifaction
Part Holonyms of noun petrifaction
Member Meronyms of noun petrifaction
Substance Meronyms of noun petrifaction
Part Meronyms of noun petrifaction
Meronyms of noun petrifaction
Holonyms of noun petrifaction
Attributes of noun petrifaction
Derived Forms of noun petrifaction
2 senses of petrifaction
Sense 1
petrifaction, petrification
RELATED TO>(verb) petrify#2
=> lapidify, petrify
Sense 2
petrifaction
RELATED TO>(verb) petrify#2
=> lapidify, petrify
Domain of noun petrifaction
Domain Terms of noun petrifaction
Familiarity of noun petrifaction
petrifaction used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun petrifaction
2 senses of petrifaction
Sense 1
petrifaction, petrification
> fossilization, fossilisation
=> petrifaction, petrification
Sense 2
petrifaction
> rock, stone
=> achondrite
=> bedrock
=> boulder, bowlder
=> calculus, concretion
=> chondrite
=> clastic rock
=> crystal, crystallization
=> intrusion
=> outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop
=> pebble
=> petrifaction
=> sill
=> stepping stone
=> tor
=> wall rock
=> whinstone, whin
=> xenolith
Meronyms of noun petrifaction
2 senses of petrifaction
Sense 2
petrifaction
=> rock, stone
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun petrifaction
Grep of noun petrifaction
petrifaction
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