stone's throw
NounSynonyms:
step
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a short distance“it's only a step to the drugstore”Synonyms: stepType of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Word of the day · Nov 9About this word
inexorableadjective
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Stone's cast, Stone's throw
the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's throw from each other.
From the entry Stone.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54