Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subboreal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-bo-re-al
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A climactic period that is a subdivision of the Holocene epoch running from approximately 3710 to 450 BCE.

name

Alternative form of Subboreal.

Example Sentences

"According to Iversen the steep decline of Hedera must be effected by a change of climate, viz. a fall in winter temperatures which would be characteristic of the Subboreal time."
"The people had a significant effect on the vegetation in the Subboreal (accelerated replacement of deciduous trees by Picea)."
"Results obtained from disciplines as varied as pollen analysis, geomorphology and archeology point at more humid and cool climate for the beginning of the Subboreal (5.500 – +/- 4.000 BP) (28) (32) (18) in the Levant."

Etymology

From sub- + Boreal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

Sub-Boreal (alternative)

Questions

What does subboreal mean?: A climactic period that is a subdivision of the Holocene epoch running from approximately 3710 to 450 BCE.
Where does subboreal come from?: From sub- + Boreal.

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