coalify

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verb

To change into coal.

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Meanings

verbcoalify (third-person singular simple present coalifies, present participle coalifying, simple past and past participle coalified)

present singular third person coalifies · participle present coalifying · participle past coalified · past coalified

  1. biologyTo change into coal.

    The fossils are produced from an approximately 40 cm thick, organic-fragment-rich clayey, sandy mudstone that is rich in coalified root traces, both horizontal and vertical, suggesting a saturated or water-logged anoxic deposit.

    2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the Evolution of Ceratopsid Nasal Ornamentation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From coal + -ify.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coalify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coalify.

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