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ossified
adj 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
all, social
VERB + OSSIFIED
got
OSSIFIED + NOUN
cartilage, economy
Definitions
adj
1
Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone or a bone-like mass).
ossified cartilage
2
Inflexible, old-fashioned.
Launching a new platform, he said, was like starting a new country: Getting users to move from an established network that had an ossified economy and social classes to a new network requires the possibility of success — the lure of the American Dream.
3
Drunk.
At Wanda's house, two nights before the wedding, she, Jenny, and two other girls were doing shots with beer chasers while Tom and I and another guy watched as they all got ossified.
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Synonyms
adjective — set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, o
- fossilized
- fossilised
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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ossified cartilage
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Launching a new platform, he said, was like starting a new country: Getting users to move from an established network that had an ossified economy and social classes to a new network requires the poss
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At Wanda's house, two nights before the wedding, she, Jenny, and two other girls were doing shots with beer chasers while Tom and I and another guy watched as they all got ossified.
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