HyperDic: paleolithic

English > 2 senses of the word paleolithic / Paleolithic:
ADJECTIVEpertpaleolithic, palaeolithicof or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)
NOUNtimePaleolithic, Paleolithic Age, Palaeolithicsecond part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting / lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
English > paleolithic: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
MeaningOf or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic).
Example"paleolithic artifacts"
Synonympalaeolithic
Spanishpaleolítico, Paleolítico
Catalanpaleolític
NounsPaleolithic Agesecond part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting / lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
English > Paleolithic: 2 senses > noun 1, time
MeaningSecond part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting / lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC.
SynonymsPaleolithic Age, Palaeolithic
Instance oftime period, period of time, periodAn amount of time
Part ofStone Age(archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements
PartsLower PaleolithicThe oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax
Middle PaleolithicThe time period of Neanderthal man
Upper PaleolithicThe time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed
Spanishpaleolítico
Catalanpaleolític

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