glacial epoch

1. 1.

   any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

   “the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene”

   Synonymsice ageglacial period

   Broaderperiod

   Part ofprehistory
2. 2.

   from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution

   SynonymsPleistocenePleistocene epoch

   Broaderepoch

   Part ofQuaternary

Questions about glacial epoch

What does glacial epoch mean?

glacial epoch means "any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for glacial epoch?

Close synonyms include ice age, glacial period, Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch. 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 glacial epoch a common word?

glacial epoch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.