stone age

English - Turkish

Definition of stone age in English Turkish dictionary

taş devri

Bir kez, taş devriydi. - Once, it was the stone age.

Artık taş devrinde yaşamıyoruz. - We're no longer living in the stone age.

the Stone Age

taş devri

English - English

Definition of stone age in English English dictionary: A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking; Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era; The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development; The Stone Age is a very early period of human history, when people used tools and weapons made of stone, not metal. a very early time in human history, when only stone was used for making tools, weapons etc. First known period of prehistoric human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools. The term is little used by specialists today. See Paleolithic Period; Mesolithic Period; Neolithic Period; stone-tool industry. See also Bronze Age; Iron Age; period of history in which man used stone tools and weapons (Bronze Age); This period of prehistory is divided into the Old Stone Age (the Palaeolithic), the Middle Stone Age (the Mesolithic), and the New Stone Age (the Neolithic) See Prehistoric Calderdale; The earliest technological period in human culture when tools were made of stone, wood, bone, or antlers Metal was unknown The dates of the Stone Age vary considerably from one region to another, and some communities were still living a Stone Age life until very recent times It is subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic The Stone Age was followed by the Bronze Age and then the Iron Age; Refers to a time in human history during which mainly stones were used for tools and weapons; (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements; The first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools; Noun Period of time stretching from 300,000BC to 2,000BC The stone age began with the first people arriving in Britain, to the dawn of the Bronze age Split into three sections (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic); Belonging in the Stone Age
Middle Stone Age: {i} Mesolithic period, period following the paleolithic period and preceding the Neolithic period

stone age

Turkish pronunciation

stōn eyc

Synonyms

lithic

Pronunciation

/ˈstōn ˈāʤ/ /ˈstoʊn ˈeɪʤ/

Etymology

[ 'stOn ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English stAn; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavonic stena wall, and perhaps to Sanskrit styAyate it hardens; more at STEATO-.