| NOUN | time | ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch | any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface |
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| Meaning | Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface. | |
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| Example | "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene" | |
| Synonyms | glacial period, glacial epoch | |
| Part of | prehistory, prehistoric culture | The time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
| Broader | period, geological period | A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed |
| Spanish | época glacial, glaciación, periodo glacial, período glacial | |
| Catalan | època glacial, període glacial | |
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