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

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum have identified a new extinct ice age amphibian, the spadefoot toad. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Evidence collected by paleontologists and archaeologists note that the Sahara’s green period (officially called the African Humid Period) began shortly after the end of the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago, and lasted until about 5,000 years ago. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

Dagomar Degroot, an environmental historian, focuses on how civilizations have adapted to past ice ages. — ABC News, 16 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ice age

• disengage
• interstage
• macrophage
• multistage
• alienage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage

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