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Meaning of "stone's throw" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STONE'S THROW

stone's throw play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STONE'S THROW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stone's throw is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STONE'S THROW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stone's throw in the English dictionary

The definition of stone's throw in the dictionary is a short distance Also called: stonecast.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STONE'S THROW

stone-blind
stone-broke
stone-cold
stone-dead
stone-deaf
stone-like
stone-lily
stone´s cast
Stone´s sheep
stoneable
stoneboat
stoneborer
stonebrash
stonebreak
stonebreaker
stonecast
stonechat
stonecrop
stonecutter

WORDS THAT END LIKE STONE'S THROW

downthrow
free throw
hammer throw
misthrow
no throw
out-throw
overthrow
pay-as-you-throw
shrow
throw
upthrow
windthrow

Synonyms and antonyms of stone's throw in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stone's throw» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STONE'S THROW

Find out the translation of stone's throw to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stone's throw from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stone's throw» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一箭之遥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

un tiro de piedra
570 millions of speakers

English

stone´s throw
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पत्थर फेंक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رمي حجر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бросок камня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jogar pedra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাথর এর নিক্ষেপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

un jet de pierre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemparan batu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Katzensprung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

目と鼻の先
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돌을 던져
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lempitan watu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ném đá của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல் வீசுகிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दगडाची थ्रो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Taş atımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

due passi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rzut kamieniem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кидок каменю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aruncătură de băț
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απόσταση αναπνοής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klipgooi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stenkast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

steinkast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stone's throw

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STONE'S THROW»

The term «stone's throw» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.539 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STONE'S THROW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stone's throw

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QUOTES WITH «STONE'S THROW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stone's throw.
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Rick Bayless
Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, and I love that. It's cool to have different foods from all over the world within a stone's throw of my house.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STONE'S THROW»

Discover the use of stone's throw in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stone's throw and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Long Stone's Throw
The youngest brother of Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt describes his flight from his native Ireland in pursuit of his literary siblings, struggles with alcoholism, and efforts to raise a daughter with health challenges.
Alphie McCourt, 2008
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Stone's Throw Away
The book is about the cultural differences and family values Bobby learns as a result of staying at the home of one of his father's African-American employees.
Ben Clement, Norman Lopatin, 2012
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A stone's throw from Paradise
Twelve-year-old Lizzie searches for memories of her mother while spending a summer with her great-grandmother among the Amish in Pearly Gates, Pennsylvania.
Linda Oatman High, 1997
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A Stone's Throw
Priscilla McNutt. ' R ] S C I 1. L A MCNUTT Stone's ft A Stone's Throw By Priscilla McNutt xtifoi^ PRESS Copyright ©. Front Cover.
Priscilla McNutt, 2006
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A Stone's Throw
Fiona Shaw. Fiona Shaw is the author of three previous novels, The Sweetest Thing, The Picture She Took and Tell it to the Bees. She has also writen a memoir, Out Of Me. She lives in York. A Stone's Throw FIONA SHAW.
Fiona Shaw, 2012
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A Stone's Throw: Living with a Loved One's Depression
THE. SToNE's. THROW. His Side, His Feelings Over the years, I have asked him numerous times to try to explain it to me. To explain how he feels when he is going through this. To tell me how it starts and when he knows it is back. But he has ...
Kay J. Cee, 2013
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A Stone's Throw
As Ross Laird crafts a volcanic rock into a piece of sculpture, he peels back the façade of the present to reveal the contemporary world as a place where the past is forever working out its unfinished dreams. From the Hardcover edition.
Ross Laird, 2004
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Murder at Stone's Throw
Someone's been playing with the gazpacho in this satirical drawingroom mystery.
Peggy Baseman, 2007
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A Stone's Throw from Bethlehem: Christians, Muslims, and ...
A Stone's Throw from Bethlehem is the story of 11 incredible years in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. It is about Christians, Muslims, and Jews sharing the Land of Promise. The story begins in a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.
David Teeter, 2009
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A Stone's Throw: Reflective Journal...to Improve Your Life
This reflective journal was created for you! It connects in part to the story, "A Stone's Throw," but that also reaches beyond the story and into your life at different levels.
Marty J. Reep, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STONE'S THROW»

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Stone's Throw Church sponsors community Easter egg hunt …
Stone's Throw Church is hosting a huge Community Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, March 28 at 10 a.m., at the church's property next to Westown Movies on ... «Middletown Transcript, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Stone's throw [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/stones-throw>. Apr 2024 ».
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