noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
2. 2
   a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “dawn”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

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