paleolithic
adjective/ˌpeɪliəˈlɪθɪk/
Frequency rank: #18,860 most common English word
Meaning
relating to the early phase of the Stone Age, when humans used chipped stone tools.
Example sentence
Our professor explained that paleolithic tools were often made by chipping flakes off stones.
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