Meanings
stone age1
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Stone Age.
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 Age2
proper nounthe Stone Age
alternative stone-age
- archaeologyA broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.
Holonym: prehistory
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Meronyms: Old Stone Age, Paleolithic; Mesolithic; New Stone Age, Neolithic; Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; Chalcolithic, Cyprolithic, Copper Age
- figurativelyinformalAny extremely primitive or undeveloped era.
If they attack our country, we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age!
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Welcome back to the Stone Age, vermin. Welcome home.
2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Five (Normal) - figurativelyThe time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.
Translations
Arabic الْعَصْر الْحَجَرِيّ, عَصْر حَجَرِيّ
- الْعَصْر الْحَجَرِيّ (al-ʕaṣr al-ḥajariyy)prehistoric period
- عَصْر حَجَرِيّ (ʕaṣr ḥajariyy)prehistoric period
Bengali প্রস্তর যুগ
- প্রস্তর যুগ (prostor jug)prehistoric period
Bulgarian ка́менна епо́ха, ка́менна е́ра
- ка́менна епо́ха (kámenna epóha)prehistoric period
- ка́менна е́ра (kámenna éra)prehistoric period
Catalan Edat de pedra
- Edat de pedraprehistoric period
Chinese Cantonese 石器時代 /石器时代
- 石器時代 /石器时代 (sek⁶ hei³ si⁴ doi⁶)prehistoric period
Chinese Mandarin 石器時代 /石器时代
- 石器時代 /石器时代 (Shíqì Shídài)prehistoric period
Czech doba kamenná
- doba kamennáprehistoric period
Danish stenalder
- stenalderprehistoric period
Dutch steentijd, stenen tijdperk
- steentijdprehistoric period
- stenen tijdperkprehistoric period
Esperanto ŝtonepoko
- ŝtonepokoprehistoric period
Estonian kiviaeg
- kiviaegprehistoric period
Finnish kivikausi, kivikausi
- kivikausiprehistoric period
- kivikausiinformal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
- kivikausifiguratively: the time a particular field was introduced
French âge de pierre
- âge de pierreprehistoric period
German Steinzeit
- Steinzeitprehistoric period
Greek Εποχή του Λίθου
- Εποχή του Λίθου (Epochí tou Líthou)prehistoric period
Hebrew תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן
- תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶןprehistoric period
Hindi प्रस्तरयुग, पाषाण युग
- प्रस्तरयुग (prastaryug)prehistoric period
- पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug)prehistoric period
- पाषाणयुग (pāṣāṇyug)prehistoric period
- पाषाणकाल (pāṣāṇkāl)prehistoric period
Hungarian kőkorszak
- kőkorszakprehistoric period
Icelandic steinöld
- steinöldprehistoric period
Indonesian Zaman Batu
- Zaman Batuprehistoric period
Irish an Chlochaois, clochaois
- an Chlochaoisprehistoric period
- clochaoisinformal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
- clochaoisfiguratively: the time a particular field was introduced
Italian età della pietra
- età della pietraprehistoric period
Japanese 石器時代
- 石器時代 (Sekki Jidai)prehistoric period
Korean 석기 시대, 석기 시대
- 석기 시대 (Seokgi sidae)prehistoric period
- 석기 시대 (Seokgi sidae)informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
- 구석기 (Guseokgi)informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
Latvian akmens laikmets
- akmens laikmetsprehistoric period
Lithuanian akmens amžius
- akmens amžiusprehistoric period
Malay Zaman Batu
- Zaman Batuprehistoric period
Māori Ao Kōwhatu
- Ao Kōwhatuprehistoric period
Norwegian Bokmål steinalderen
- steinalderenprehistoric period
Polish epoka kamienia, epoka kamienia
- epoka kamieniaprehistoric period
- epoka kamieniainformal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
- epoka kamieniafiguratively: the time a particular field was introduced
Portuguese idade da pedra, Idade da Pedra
- idade da pedraprehistoric period
- Idade da Pedraprehistoric period
Romanian epoca de piatră
- epoca de piatrăprehistoric period
Russian ка́менный век, ка́менный век
- ка́менный век (kámennyj vek)prehistoric period
- ка́менный век (kámennyj vek)informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
- ка́менный век (kámennyj vek)figuratively: the time a particular field was introduced
Slovak kamenná doba
- kamenná dobaprehistoric period
Spanish Edad de Piedra
- Edad de Piedraprehistoric period
Swahili Zama za Mawe
- Zama za Maweprehistoric period
Swedish stenåldern
- stenåldernprehistoric period
Thai ยุคหิน, สมัยหิน
- ยุคหินprehistoric period
- สมัยหินprehistoric period
Turkish Taş Devri, taş devri
- Taş Devriprehistoric period
- taş devriinformal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
Ukrainian кам'яна́ доба́, кам'яни́й вік
- кам'яна́ доба́ (kamʺjaná dobá)prehistoric period
- кам'яни́й вік (kamʺjanýj vik)prehistoric period
Urdu سَن٘گی دَور
- سَن٘گی دَور (saṅgī daur)prehistoric period
Vietnamese thời đại đồ đá
- thời đại đồ đáprehistoric period
Welsh Oes y Cerrig
- Oes y Cerrigprehistoric period
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Chicago
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