the Stone Age
Definition of the Stone Age
: the oldest period in which human beings are known to have existed : the age during which humans made and used stone tools —often used figuratively to suggest something outmoded His political ideas are from the Stone Age. I'm still using a Stone Age computer.
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: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter:
: such a concretion of indeterminate size or shape
: rock
: to hurl stones at
: to kill by pelting with stones
: to make hard or insensitive to feeling
: entirely, utterly
: of, relating to, or made of stone
: absolute, utter
: the time of life at which some particular qualification, power, or capacity arises or rests
: majority
: one of the stages of life
: to become old : show the effects or the characteristics of increasing age
: to acquire a desirable quality (such as mellowness or ripeness) by standing undisturbed for some time
: to cause to become old
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