Definition of Iron Age

1. Noun. (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons.

Category relationships: Archaeology, Archeology
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Group relationships: Prehistoric Culture, Prehistory

2. Noun. (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world.
Category relationships: Classical Mythology
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period

Definition of Iron Age

1. Proper noun. (archeology) A level of culture in which man used iron and the technology of iron production. (gloss Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC) ¹

2. Proper noun. (mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iron Age

iron-fisted
iron-gray
iron-grey
iron-hearted
iron-shot
iron-sick
iron-storage disease
iron-storage protein
iron-sulfur cluster
iron-sulfur clusters
iron-sulfur protein
iron-sulfur proteins
iron-sulphur cluster
iron-sulphur protein
iron-tree
iron age
iron alum
iron bacteria
iron bacterium
iron bloom
iron blue
iron boot
iron cage
iron carbide
iron chelating agents
iron collar
iron compounds
iron curtain
iron curtains
iron deficiency

Literary usage of Iron Age

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"When Hubert tells Prince Arthur he must burn his eyes out, the young prince replies, "Ah, none but in this iron age would do it. (Shakespeare: King John, ¡v ..."

2. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"Numerous Graves of the Iron Age.—Interesting Finds of the Iron Age. ... THE iron age includes the pre-historic period, during which the inhabitants of ..."

3. History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset (1915)
"THE Iron Age About the beginning of the fifth century BC iron replaced bronze as the ... The Iron Age may be divided into several quite distinct periods. ..."

4. The Civilisation of Sweden in Heathen Times by Oscar Montelius (1888)
"A.—THE FIRST PART OF THE EARLIER Iron Age. (From the Fifth Century BC to about the beginning of the Christian Era.) IT was long supposed that the Iron Age ..."

5. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"But it is possible to go farther than the mere assertion that a nation may pass from its stone into its iron age without passing through a bronze age, ..."

6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"When Hubert tells Prince Arthur he must burn his eyes out, the young prince replies, "Ah, none but in this iron age would do it. (Shakespeare: King John, ¡v ..."

7. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"Numerous Graves of the Iron Age.—Interesting Finds of the Iron Age. ... THE iron age includes the pre-historic period, during which the inhabitants of ..."

8. History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset (1915)
"THE Iron Age About the beginning of the fifth century BC iron replaced bronze as the ... The Iron Age may be divided into several quite distinct periods. ..."

9. The Civilisation of Sweden in Heathen Times by Oscar Montelius (1888)
"A.—THE FIRST PART OF THE EARLIER Iron Age. (From the Fifth Century BC to about the beginning of the Christian Era.) IT was long supposed that the Iron Age ..."

10. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"But it is possible to go farther than the mere assertion that a nation may pass from its stone into its iron age without passing through a bronze age, ..."

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