STONE'S THROW

Meaning of STONE'S THROW in English

adv. phr. Within a very short distance. They live across the street from us, just within a stone's throw. See: HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP.

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STONE'S THROW — noun Date: 1581 a short distance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STONE'S THROW — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house. [ 1575-85 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE'S THROW — nearby, very close
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STONE'S THROW — Date: 1581 : a short distance lives within a stone's throw of town
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STONE'S THROW — Function: noun Date: 1581 : a short distance <lives within a stone's throw of town>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
STONE'S THROW — [stone's throw] n (1581): a short distance "lives within a stone's throw of town"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STONE'S THROW — = within a stone's throw
Slang English vocab
STONE'S THROW — Stone's cast, short distance, few steps.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
STONE'S THROW — • ↑ be a stone's throw from
Longman Activator English vocab
STONE'S THROW — (See a stone's throw)
English Idioms vocab
STONE'S THROW — See a stones throw
English Idioms vocabulary
STONE'S THROW — = stone's cast
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE'S-THROW — расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень, небольшое расстояние - within a * в двух шагах, довольно близко
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE'S THROW — = stone's cast
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE'S-THROW — n расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень, небольшое расстояние within a stone's-throw - в двух шагах, довольно близко
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE'S THROW — сущ.1) расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень 2) небольшое расстояние• Syn:stone's cast
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STONE'S THROW — (n) небольшое расстояние; расстояние , на которое можно бросить камень
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
STONE'S-THROW — n расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень, небольшое расстояние within a ~ - в двух шагах, довольно близко
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STONE'S-THROW — n расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень, небольшое расстояние within a stone's-throw - в двух шагах, довольно близко
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STONE'S THROW — сущ. 1) расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень 2) небольшое расстояние • Syn: stone's cast
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STONE'S THROW — сущ. 1) расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень 2) небольшое расстояние • Syn: stone's cast
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STONE'S THROW — = stone's cast
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STONE'S THROW — = stone's cast
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STONE'S THROW — = stone's cast
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
STONE'S THROW — It's just a stone's throw from here — Это отсюда рукой подать
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
STONE'S-THROW — расстояние, на которое можно бросить камень, небольшое расстояние - within a * в двух шагах, довольно близко
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE'S THROW — = stone's cast
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
STONE
Webster English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

American Idioms English vocabulary

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