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stone age

/ˈstəʊn eɪdʒ/

Tradução: Período pré-histórico em que a pedra era amplamente usada para fabricar ferramentas e armas; também é usado metaforicamente para descrever algo extremamente ultrapassado ou primitivo.

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/ˈstəʊn eɪdʒ/B1formalscientific
  • ptPeríodo pré-histórico em que a pedra era amplamente usada para fabricar ferramentas e armas; também é usado metaforicamente para descrever algo extremamente ultrapassado ou primitivo.

A prehistoric period of human history when stone was widely used to make tools and weapons, often used metaphorically to describe something extremely outdated or primitive.

  1. Prehistoric periodB1formal

    The earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools.

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    • The Stone Age ended with the development of metalworking.
    • Archaeologists discovered Stone Age tools in the cave.
    • People in the Stone Age lived in small hunter-gatherer groups.
  2. Outdated or primitiveB2informal

    Used informally to describe something that is very old-fashioned or technologically primitive.

    ptIdade da Pedra

    • This computer is from the Stone Age; it's so slow.
    • Their manufacturing methods are still in the Stone Age.
    • He thinks using a flip phone is living in the Stone Age.