Synonyms: fertilisation, fertilization, fecundation, impregnation
Definition: creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
Similar words: creation, conception
Definition: the event that occurred at the beginning of something
Usage: from its creation the plan was doomed to failure
Synonyms: impregnation, saturation
Definition: the process of totally saturating something with a substance
Usage: the impregnation of wood with preservative; the saturation of cotton with ether
Similar words: permeation, pervasion, suffusion
Definition: the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
Synonyms: impregnation
Definition: material with which something is impregnated
Usage: the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue
Similar words: material, stuff
Definition: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Usage: coal is a hard black material; wheat is the stuff they use to make bread