epipaleolithic

Questions about epipaleolithic

What does epipaleolithic mean?

epipaleolithic means "middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago".

How many syllables are in epipaleolithic?

epipaleolithic has 7 syllables and divides as e-pi-pa-le-o-li-thic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for epipaleolithic?

Close synonyms include Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epipaleolithic a common word?

epipaleolithic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.