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Definition of Iron age

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

2. Noun. (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world.

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 (current term) 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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