fossil

[Fos·sil]

Fossils are the really, really old remains of a plant or animal so old they've turned to stone. Fossil is also an insult for an old or old fashioned person.

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Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

Noun
the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

Noun
someone whose style is out of fashion

Adjective
characteristic of a fossil


a.
Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

a.
Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.

n.
A substance dug from the earth.

n.
The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.

n.
A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.


Fossil

Fos"sil , a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See Fosse.] 1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. -- Fossil cork, flax, paper, ∨ wood, varieties of amianthus. -- Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. -- Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. Raymond.

Fossil

Fos"sil, n. 1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.] &hand; 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. 2. (Paleon.) The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living. 3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. [Colloq.]

Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

A substance dug from the earth.

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Usage Examples

If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.

In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.

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Other Usage Examples

The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of air and water pollution.

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar.

My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect.

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

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