neolithic

adjective/ˌniəˈlɪθɪk/

Frequency rank: #13,212 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

relating to the later part of the Stone Age, when people used polished stone tools and began farming.

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Example sentence

The professor explained that neolithic tools were made by grinding and polishing stone rather than just chipping it.

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