neolithic

Definition of Neolithic in English :

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Noun

1. neolithic, neolithic age, new stone age

latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)

Adjective

2. neolithic

of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)

Example Sentences:
'evidence of neolithic settlements'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Neolithic

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noun

1.

the cultural period that lasted in SW Asia from about 9000 to 6000 bc and in Europe from about 4000 to 2400 bc and was characterized by primitive crop growing and stock rearing and the use of polished stone and flint tools and weapons

adjective

2.

relating to this period

Neolithic

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adjective

[sometimes n-]

designating or of an Old World cultural period (8000?-3500? b.c.) characterized by polished stone tools, pottery, weaving, stock rearing, agriculture, and sometimes megaliths

Neolithic

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adj.

Of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning around 8,000 BC in the Middle East and later elsewhere, characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone implements.

n.

The Neolithic Period. Also called New Stone Age. See Usage Note at Three Age system.

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