Usually means: Very short distance away nearby.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word stone's throw:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. stone's throw: Merriam-Webster
  2. stone's throw: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. stone's throw, stone's throw: Collins English Dictionary
  4. stone's throw: Vocabulary.com
  5. stone's-throw: Wordnik
  6. stone's throw: Wiktionary
  7. stone's throw: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. stone's throw: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. stone's throw, stones throw: Dictionary.com
  10. Stones Throw: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. stone's throw: Rhymezone
  12. stones-throw: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. stones throw: FreeDictionary.org
  14. stone's throw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. stone's throw: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Stone's throw: Phrase Finder

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stone's throw: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stone's throw: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stone's throw)

noun:  (idiomatic) A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.

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