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petrifacts

petrifacts is the plural of petrifact.

Meaning of petrifact

Noun

petrifact (plural petrifacts)

  1. An object made of stone, especially one formed from petrifaction.
    • The whole scene was littered with petrifacts of different sizes and kinds, enormous trees, weighing tons, bared of their branches, overthrown and turned to stone.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 132

Questions about petrifacts

What is petrifacts the plural of?
Petrifacts is the plural of petrifact.

Words near petrifacts in the dictionary

  1. Petrie
  2. petrifact
  3. petrifaction
  4. petrifactions
  5. petrifactive
  6. petrifacts
  7. petrifiable
  8. petrific
  9. petrificant
  10. petrificated
  11. petrification

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