ice age

Definition of Ice Age in English :

any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

Example Sentences:
'the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ice Age

noun

another name for glacial period

adjective

of or relating to an ice age

many bones from ice-age Siberian animals including mammoths

a time of extensive glaciation covering vast areas of the earth, esp., any of several such times during the Pleistocene Epoch

n.

1. A cold period marked by extensive glaciation.

2. Ice Age The most recent glacial period, which occurred during the Pleistocene Epoch.