Stone Age

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.”

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