a stone's throw

Definition of a stone's throw

  1. :  a short distance <The high school is just a stone's throw from his house.> <She lives just a stone's throw away from the beach.>

Word by Word Definitions

  1. :  a concretion of earthy or mineral matter:

    :  such a concretion of indeterminate size or shape

    :  rock

  1. :  to hurl stones at

    :  to kill by pelting with stones

    :  to make hard or insensitive to feeling

  1. :  entirely, utterly

  1. :  of, relating to, or made of stone

    :  absolute, utter

  1. :  to propel through the air by a forward motion of the hand and arm

    :  to propel through the air in any manner

    :  pitch

  1. :  an act of throwing, hurling, or flinging

    :  an act of throwing dice

    :  the number thrown with a cast of dice

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