HOLOCENE EPOCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holocene epoch mean? 

• HOLOCENE EPOCH (noun)
  The noun HOLOCENE EPOCH has 1 sense:

1. approximately the last 10,000 years

  Familiarity information: HOLOCENE EPOCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLOCENE EPOCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Approximately the last 10,000 years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Holocene; Holocene epoch; Recent; Recent epoch

Instance hypernyms:

epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)

Holonyms ("Holocene epoch" is a part of...):

Age of Man; Quaternary; Quaternary period (last 2 million years)