| bronze age | |
| —n | |
| classical myth a period of human existence marked by war and violence, following the golden and silver ages and preceding the iron age | |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| Bronze Age | |
| —n | |
| archaeol | |
| a. a technological stage between the Stone and Iron Ages, beginning in the Middle East about 4500 | |
| b. (as modifier): a Bronze-Age tool | |
| Bronze Age
A period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of cast bronze. The beginning of the Bronze Age is generally dated before 3000 BCE in parts of Mediterranean Europe, the Middle East, and China. See Note at Three Age system. |
A period of history from roughly 4000 b.c. to the onset of the Iron Age. During the Bronze Age, people learned to make bronze tools. In the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia, the wheel and the ox-drawn plow were in use.