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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Ne•o•lith•ic /ˌniəˈlɪθɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Archaeology[often: neolithic] of, naming, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 B.C. in the Middle East, when people used stone tools and began to form villages and raise crops. Compare Mesolithic,Paleolithic.
See -lith-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ne•o•lith•ic (nē′ə lith′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Archaeology(sometimes l.c.) [Anthropol.]of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000b.c.in the Middle East. Cf. Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- (usually l.c.) belonging to or remaining from an earlier era;
outdated;
passé.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Neolithic /ˌniːəʊˈlɪθɪk/ n - the cultural period that lasted in SW Asia from about 9000 to 6000 bc and in Europe from about 4000 to 2400 bc and was characterized by primitive crop growing and stock rearing and the use of polished stone and flint tools and weapons
adj - relating to this period
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