NEOLITHIC

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Neolithic; Neolithic Age; New Stone Age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Instance hypernyms:

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Holonyms ("Neolithic" is a part of...):

Stone Age ((archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements)

Meaning:

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

Example:

evidence of neolithic settlements

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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