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MESOLITHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mesolithic mean? 

MESOLITHIC (noun)
  The noun MESOLITHIC has 1 sense:

1. middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years agoplay

  Familiarity information: MESOLITHIC used as a noun is very rare.


MESOLITHIC (adjective)
  The adjective MESOLITHIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)play

  Familiarity information: MESOLITHIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MESOLITHIC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Epipaleolithic; Mesolithic; Mesolithic Age

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

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


MESOLITHIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mesolithic Age (middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago)


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