petrification petrificate • petrified · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · petrification · · Text Latin · · Script 13 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape. Synonyms: petrifaction. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · petrifaction · · Synonym 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074