the Ice Age

noun

: the most recent time in the past when a large part of the world was covered with ice

a valley formed during the Ice Age

Examples of the Ice Age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Amid an oppressive stretch of extreme heat and Florida-esque humidity that has been punishing much of California, consider, for a moment, the Ice Age. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

To capture the Ice Age era, the trio used instruments including the Divje Babe flute, which was discovered in 1995 at the Divje Babe archeological site in Slovenia. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Isotopic dating indicates the water likely originated from the Ice Age, meaning that the liquid hadn’t seen the surface world in over 11,000 years. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 July 2026

In historic times mouflon were found in Greece and in the Balkans, and during the Ice Age as far west as the British Isles. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026

Rhymes for the Ice Age

• alienage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage
• messuage
• offstage
• onstage
• outrage