HOLOCENE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holocene mean? 

• HOLOCENE (noun)
  The noun HOLOCENE has 1 sense:

1. approximately the last 10,000 years

  Familiarity information: HOLOCENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLOCENE (noun)

Meaning:

Approximately the last 10,000 years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Holocene; Holocene epoch; Recent; Recent epoch

Instance hypernyms:

epoch (a unit of geological time)

Holonyms ("Holocene" is a part of...):

Age of Man; Quaternary; Quaternary period (last 2 million years)