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    ICE AGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surfaceplay

    Example:

    the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene

    Synonyms:

    glacial epoch; glacial period; ice age

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Hypernyms ("ice age" is a kind of...):

    geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)

    Holonyms ("ice age" is a part of...):

    prehistoric culture; prehistory (the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word)

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