Dictionary

Stone Age en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• 'stōn āj" (US)
• 'stōn āj" (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈstəʊn ˌeɪdʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈstoʊn ˌeɪdʒ/ (US)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.
   • 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
2. (figuratively, informal) Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era.
   • 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):
   • If they attack our country, we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age!
3. (figuratively) The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.

Forms

Coordinates

Iron Age · Bronze Age

Deriveds

stuck in the Stone Age · Stone Age diet · Middle Stone Age

Translations (96)

it età della pietra (prehistoric period) · tr Taş Devri (prehistoric period) · mk камено време (prehistoric period) · be ка́менны век (prehistoric period) · fr âge de pierre (prehistoric period) · tg асри санг (prehistoric period) · fi kivikausi (prehistoric period) · is steinöld (prehistoric period) · nrf Âge dé Pièrre (prehistoric period) · fa-ira عَصْرِ حَجَر (prehistoric period) · ga an Chlochaois (prehistoric period) · tt таш дәвере (prehistoric period) · tr taş devri (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · ca Edat de pedra (prehistoric period) · de Steinzeit (prehistoric period) · ug تاش دەۋرى (prehistoric period) · mi Ao Kōwhatu (prehistoric period) · th ยุคหิน (prehistoric period) · alt ташту чак (prehistoric period) · hi पाषाणकाल (prehistoric period) · hi पाषाण युग (prehistoric period) · el Εποχή του Λίθου (prehistoric period) · bn প্রস্তর যুগ (prehistoric period) · nds Steentiet (prehistoric period) · myv кевпинге (prehistoric period) · ky таш доору (prehistoric period) · fi kivikausi (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · eo ŝtonepoko (prehistoric period) · ms Zaman Batu (prehistoric period) · km យុគថ្មបំបែក (prehistoric period) · lt akmens amžius (prehistoric period) · mk камено време (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · ko 석기 시대 (prehistoric period) · sq koha e gurit (prehistoric period) · ga clochaois (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · pl epoka kamienia (figuratively: the time a particular field was introduced) · bg ка́менна е́ра (prehistoric period) · cs doba kamenná (prehistoric period) · pt Idade da Pedra (prehistoric period) · ba таш быуат (prehistoric period) · cmn 石器時代 /石器时代 (prehistoric period) · hi प्रस्तरयुग (prehistoric period) · pt idade da pedra (prehistoric period) · ga clochaois (figuratively: the time a particular field was introduced) · ru ка́менный век (prehistoric period) · sk kamenná doba (prehistoric period) · ko 석기 시대 (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · es Edad de Piedra (prehistoric period) · kk тас дәуірі (prehistoric period) · gl Idade de Pedra (prehistoric period) · ar عَصْر حَجَرِيّ (prehistoric period) · sw Zama za Mawe (prehistoric period) · ru ка́менный век (figuratively: the time a particular field was introduced) · sv stenåldern (prehistoric period) · my ကျောက်ခေတ် (prehistoric period) · hu kőkorszak (prehistoric period) · hy քարի դար (prehistoric period) · bg ка́менна епо́ха (prehistoric period) · nb steinalderen (prehistoric period) · lo ຍຸກຫີນ (prehistoric period) · uk кам'яни́й вік (prehistoric period) · ro epoca de piatră (prehistoric period) · id Zaman Batu (prehistoric period) · ar الْعَصْر الْحَجَرِيّ (prehistoric period) · ast Edá de Piedra (prehistoric period) · lv akmens laikmets (prehistoric period) · az daş dövrü (prehistoric period) · ka ქვის ხანა (prehistoric period) · he תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן (prehistoric period) · nl stenen tijdperk (prehistoric period) · pl epoka kamienia (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · tk daş asyry (prehistoric period) · gl idade de pedra (prehistoric period) · sl kamena doba (prehistoric period) · uk кам'яна́ доба́ (prehistoric period) · ja 石器時代 (prehistoric period) · vi thời đại đồ đá (prehistoric period) · sh kameno doba (prehistoric period) · cy Oes y Cerrig (prehistoric period) · et kiviaeg (prehistoric period) · nl steentijd (prehistoric period) · da stenalder (prehistoric period) · fi kivikausi (figuratively: the time a particular field was introduced) · km យុគថ្ម (prehistoric period) · hi पाषाणयुग (prehistoric period) · th สมัยหิน (prehistoric period) · ko 구석기 (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · ur سَن٘گی دَور (prehistoric period) · ru ка́менный век (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · uz tosh davri (prehistoric period) · mt Żmien il-Ħaġar (prehistoric period) · pl epoka kamienia (prehistoric period) · fa-ira عَصْرِ حَجَر (informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era) · fa-ira عَصْرِ سَنْگ (prehistoric period) · yue 石器時代 /石器时代 (prehistoric period) · sh камено доба (prehistoric period)