petrified wood

collocation in English

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petrified
adjective
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/ˈpet.rə.faɪd/us
/ˈpet.rə.faɪd/
extremely ...
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wood
noun
uk
/wʊd/us
/wʊd/
a hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as ...
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(Definition ofpetrifiedandwoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is also called petrifaction, as inpetrifiedwood.
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They also used the abundantpetrifiedwoodin the area for arrowheads and other tools.
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The vast majority ofpetrifiedwoodoccurs within the conglomerates.
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Most of thepetrifiedwoodand buried tree trunks occur within the conglomerates.
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Within this compound,petrifiedwoodwas unearthed just beneath the surface to 8 metres underground.
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Examples includepetrifiedwoodand pyritized gastropod shells.
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Petrifiedwoodcovers a large area in this site.
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Local trees left behindpetrifiedwoodand amber.
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The ridge is known for its abundance of amethyst, opal andpetrifiedwood.
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There are also fossilized plants andpetrifiedwoodpresent.
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The fireplace supports the roof, and is constructed ofpetrifiedwood.
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However, the fossils turned out to bepetrifiedwood, to the great embarrassment of the discoverer.
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Fossil forests ofpetrifiedwoodhave been found in all continents.
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The lithic technology suggests extensive reliance on the locally availablepetrifiedwood, rhyolite, and quartzite.
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The church is fenced withpetrifiedwood, originally excavated from farms nearby.
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Locally, they contain poor qualitypetrifiedwoodand leaf fossils.
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Petrifiedwoodis extremely common in the creek.
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It is a gable roof structure resting on a foundation of concrete piers andpetrifiedwood.
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The plant life known from this area included trees that became preserved aspetrifiedwood.
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Many listed names have been reclassified as everything from birds to crocodilians topetrifiedwood.
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