English adjective: palaeolithic | |||
1. | palaeolithic of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | ||
Samples | Paleolithic artifacts. | ||
Synonyms | paleolithic | ||
English noun: Palaeolithic | |||
1. | Palaeolithic (time) second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC | ||
Synonyms | Paleolithic, Paleolithic Age | ||
Instance hypernym | period, period of time, time period | ||
Part holonym | Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic | ||
Part meronym | Stone Age | ||