neolithic
adjective /ˌniː.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/
/-oʊ-/ Definition
› belonging to the period when humans used tools and weapons made of stone and had just developed farming: neolithic tools/artefacts/settlements The neolithic period is sometimes called the new stone age. → Compare palaeolithicPrehistory
(Definition of neolithic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- brontosaurus noun
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- caveman noun
- dinosaur noun
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- Neanderthal adjective
- palaeolithic adjective
- paleolithic adjective
- prehistoric adjective
- prehistory noun
- primeval adjective
- primitive adjective
- primordial adjective
- primordial soup noun
- pterodactyl noun
- the Pleistocene noun
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