ice age

noun

1
: a time of widespread glaciation
2
Ice Age : the Pleistocene glacial epoch

Examples of ice age in a Sentence

changes that occurred during the last ice age
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The prevailing theory is that, during prehistoric ice ages, changes in sea level and fierce winds created large sand dunes. Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025 An ice age leads to an ice thaw. Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025 Surprisingly, several glaciers are hidden in the mountains (four were only just discovered in 2010), along with numerous relict arctic plants from the last ice age. Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 The dire wolves who roamed the Earth up until the end of the last ice age, may have had the same bone disease that plague cats and dogs today called osteochondrosis. Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 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 10 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

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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