lithify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of lithify
Example Sentences
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One core contains what appears to be lithified layers of soil, which could capture indicators of the atmosphere’s composition.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2022
A type of limestone called coquina originates from beach sands made predominantly of shells that were then lithified.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Although not derived from sediment, this lithified organic material is associated with sedimentary strata and created by similar processes—burial, compaction, and diagenesis.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Rain tumbling on to the ash would have dug out small depressions, which were then subsequently covered over by further ash deposits and lithified, or turned to stone.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2012
They become lithified as it were and constitute the strata of the psychozoic stage'—I told you the butter's at the spring.
From Starr, of the Desert by B. M. Bower
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