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age-old

age-old adjective: very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established.

Adjective

age-old (not comparable)

  1. Very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established.
    • They still make pottery by hand, in the age-old tradition.
    • It is a striking fact that it seems to be an age-old tradition amongst locomotive designers that a 0-6-0 tender engine must have inside cylinders.1945 November and December, H. C. Casserley, “Random Reflections on British Locomotive Types—1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 319–320

Synonyms of age-old

Questions about age-old

What does age-old mean?
Age-old means very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established.
What part of speech is age-old?
Age-old is an adjective.

Words near age-old in the dictionary

  1. age-gates
  2. age-gating
  3. age-long
  4. age-mate
  5. age-mates
  6. age-old
  7. age-reversal
  8. age-standardization
  9. age-standardizations
  10. ageability
  11. ageable

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