English noun: glacial period | |||
| 1. | glacial period (time) any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface | ||
| Samples | The most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene. | ||
| Synonyms | glacial epoch, ice age | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geological period, period | ||
| Part meronym | prehistoric culture, prehistory | ||