neolithic
pronunciation
How to pronounce neolithic in British English:
UK [ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk]
How to pronounce neolithic in American English:
US [ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)
Word Origin
- Neolithic
- Neolithic: see lithograph
- neolithic (adj.)
- "pertaining to the later Stone Age," 1865, coined by John Lubbock, later Baron Avebury, (1834-1913) from neo- + -lith "stone."
Example
- 1. Why do you collect neolithic pottery ?
- 2. In fact , nobody really knows how neolithic man managed to hew these pillars .
- 3. Can be traced back to the neolithic age .
- 4. That kurdish worker at g bekli tepe was right : neolithic man probablywastaller than him .
- 5. Cattle were first domesticated in neolithic times .