The Iron Age was a period of time which began when people started making things from iron about three thousand years ago.
...the remains of an Iron Age fort.
iron age in British English
noun
classical mythology
the last and worst age in the history of the world
Iron Age in British English
noun
a.
the period following the Bronze Age characterized by the extremely rapid spread of iron tools and weapons, which began in the Middle East about 1100 bc
b.
(as modifier)
an Iron-Age weapon
Iron Age in American English
1.
a phase of many human cultures, often following a Bronze Age, characterized by the introduction and development of iron tools and weapons; specif., in Europe beginning c. 1000 b.c.
2. Classical Mythology
the last and worst age of the world, characterized by wickedness, selfishness, anddegeneracy
Examples of 'iron age' in a sentence
iron age
The others settled on riding south down the old Roman road to the Badbury Rings, to view the ancient Iron Age fort.