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Meaning of Stone Age | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈstəʊn ˌeɪdʒ/

Definitions

  1. A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Stone Age.
    alt-of
  3. Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era.
    figuratively, informal
  4. The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonym: prehistory”
“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”
“If they attack our country, we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age!”
“Welcome back to the Stone Age, vermin. Welcome home.”
“Were it not that folk-lore has almost died out, more than one domestic rite might be traced back to the stone age.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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