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IRON AGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("iron age" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Domain category:
classical mythology (the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Domain category:
archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)
Holonyms ("Iron Age" is a part of...):
prehistoric culture; prehistory (the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word)
