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NEOLITHIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
Synonyms:
Neolithic; Neolithic Age; New Stone Age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Holonyms ("Neolithic" is a part of...):
Stone Age ((archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)
Example:
evidence of neolithic settlements
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Neolithic Age (latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere))
