Coalify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Coalify is a verb meaning (paleontology, of a fossil) To change into coal.
Meaning
(paleontology, of a fossil) To change into coal.
Example Sentences
The fossils are produced from an approximately 40 cm thick, organic-fragment-rich clayey, sandy mudstone that is rich in coalified root traces, both horizontal and vertical, suggesting a saturated or water-logged anoxic deposit.
Word Forms
- coalifies
- coalifying
- coalified
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include charcoalify, coal, charcoalize, fossilify, fossilize, charcoalise.
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