Stone Age
Definition of Stone Age
1 : the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools — compare mesolithic, neolithic, paleolithic
2 : a stage in a human institution or field of endeavor regarded as primitive, outmoded, or obsolete the Stone Age of information handling before computers
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First Known Use of stone age
1844
Stone Age
Definition of Stone Age
1 : of, relating to, or resembling the culture of the Stone Age especially in the use of stone implements modern Stone Age peoples our Stone Age ancestors
2 : primitive, outmoded, or unsophisticated (as in ideas or technology) by currently accepted standards marauding mercenaries with Stone Age political ideas — Robert Moss using a Stone Age camera
Examples of stone age in a Sentence
Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children.
First Known Use of stone age
1865
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