stone age
see also: Stone Age
Proper noun
Stone Age
Pronunciation Proper noun
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
see also: Stone Age
Proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Stone Age#English|Stone Age
- 1892, John Hunter-Duvar, The Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, page 260:
- Were it not that folk-lore has almost died out, more than one domestic rite might be traced back to the stone age.
- 1892, John Hunter-Duvar, The Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, page 260:
Stone Age
Pronunciation Proper noun
- (archaeology) A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.
- (figuratively, informal) Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era.
- If they attack our country, we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age!
- (figuratively) The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.
- (archaeology) Lithic
- French: âge de pierre
- German: Steinzeit
- Italian: Età della pietra
- Portuguese: idade da pedra
- Russian: ка́менный век
- Spanish: Edad de Piedra
- Russian: ка́менный век
- Russian: ка́менный век
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003