# immobilization

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #68,313

## Definitions
1. The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
2. The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.

## Etymology
From French immobilisation or im- + mobilization or immobilize + -ation.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/immobilization