Definition of 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.