ice age

noun

1
: a time of widespread glaciation
2
capitalized I&A : the Pleistocene glacial epoch

Examples of ice age in a Sentence

changes that occurred during the last ice age
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The show illuminates the island’s ecological journey from the last ice age to modern times. Jennifer Wolcott, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2025 By blocking sunlight, those rings may have caused an ice age. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 Take that away and the entire continent would rebound like a spring, pushing it out of the ocean in the same way Europe, North America, and Asia have been rising for about 12,000 years since the end of the last ice age. David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025 After 22 months—the typical elephant gestation period—an ice age mammoth should, at least theoretically, be born into the computer-age world. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice age

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ice age was in 1855

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“Ice age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20age. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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ice age

noun
1
: a time of widespread glaciation
2
capitalized I&A : the most recent such period in the earth's past

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