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noun
Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, petrology
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noun
a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tool
History
From Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “dawn”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
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