Neolithic

C2 Topic:Time

US /ˌniːoʊˈlɪθɪk/ UK /ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #38168

Meanings

1

noun
the final major phase of the Stone Age, associated in many regions with farming, permanent settlements, and polished stone tools

Grinding and polishing stone tools became widespread during the Neolithic.
2

adj
relating to the Neolithic period or its peoples and material culture

Archaeologists uncovered a Neolithic settlement beside the ancient riverbed.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the final major phase of... New Stone Age

2 adj · relating to the neolithic... New Stone Age

Word family

Related forms PaleolithicMesolithicStone Ageprehistory

Etymology

Formed from neo-, 'new,' + -lithic, 'of stone,' from Greek neos and lithos. John Lubbock introduced Paleolithic and Neolithic in Pre-historic Times (1865) to distinguish older chipped-stone industries from the later period of ground and polished stone tools.

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# Neolithic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌniːoʊˈlɪθɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 38168

## Meanings
1. the final major phase of the Stone Age, associated in many regions with farming, permanent settlements, and polished stone tools
2. relating to the Neolithic period or its peoples and material culture

## Examples
- Grinding and polishing stone tools became widespread during the Neolithic.
- Archaeologists uncovered a Neolithic settlement beside the ancient riverbed.

## Synonyms
- New Stone Age

## Related Forms
- Paleolithic
- Mesolithic
- Stone Age
- prehistory

## Roots and Affixes
- Affix: neo- - new

## Etymology
Formed from neo-, 'new,' + -lithic, 'of stone,' from Greek neos and lithos. John Lubbock introduced Paleolithic and Neolithic in Pre-historic Times (1865) to distinguish older chipped-stone industries from the later period of ground and polished stone tools.

## Topics
- Time
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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