ice age

noun

1
: a time of widespread glaciation
2
capitalized I&A : the Pleistocene glacial epoch

Examples of ice age in a Sentence

changes that occurred during the last ice age
Recent Examples on the Web The analysis is shedding light on how the extinct humans thrived in the ice age environment for more than 100,000 years. Katie Hunt, CNN, 6 July 2024 Some 40 million years before the dinosaurs dominated Earth, a different sort of apex predator roamed the Gondwana supercontinent during the late Palaeozoic ice age: a massive, eight foot-long salamander-like creature with an enormous head and powerful fangs. Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024 More From The Post This tree survived the last ice age. Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 4 July 2024 Giant stem tetrapod was apex predator in Gondwanan late Palaeozoic ice age. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice age 

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Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ice age was in 1855

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“Ice age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20age. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

ice age

noun
1
: a time of widespread glaciation
2
capitalized I&A : the most recent such period in the earth's past

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