Home › Words › S › steinkernsteinkernsteinkern means A fossil formed from sediment that filled a hollow structure such as a shell.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, steinkern ranks #2,613 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom German Steinkern, from Stein (“stone”) + Kern (“kernel, nucleus”).nounA fossil formed from sediment that filled a hollow structure such as a shell.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.framestone 60% match — A solid calcareous or siliceous framework maintained by an organism such as a coral or sponge. vs steinkern →conchite 57% match — A fossilised conch or shell. vs steinkern →endichnion 57% match — A trace fossil preserved entirely within a bed. vs steinkern →corallinite 57% match — A fossil coralline. vs steinkern →permineralization 57% match — A form of fossilization in which minerals are deposited in the pores of bone and similar hard animal parts. vs steinkern →entrochite 56% match — A fossil joint of a crinoid stem. vs steinkern →seashell 56% match — The empty shell of a marine mollusk. vs steinkern →allochem 56% match — a grain of rock in a carbonate rock vs steinkern →