English words for 'A prehistoric system.'
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- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- the quantity that a barrow will hold
- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
- (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
- (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
- (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
- A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
- (chiefly British) A hill.
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- (British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
adj
- (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.
- (chiefly lexicography, of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
- Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
noun
- (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
- (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
noun
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- the quantity that a barrow will hold
- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
- (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
- (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
- (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
- A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
- (chiefly British) A hill.
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- (British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
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noun
adj
- (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.
- (chiefly lexicography, of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
- Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
noun
- (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
- (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).