Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stonesthrow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ston-esthrow
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of stone's throw.

Example Sentences

"He ordered his outposts, therefore, to be advanced within a stonesthrow of the breach, but exhorted the soldiers to maintain the utmost vigilance."
"His (Stephen’s) mind was not exactly what you would call wandering but a bit unsteady and on his expressed desire for some beverage to drink Mr Bloom, in view of the hour it was and there being no pumps of Vartry water available for their ablutions, let alone drinking purposes, hit upon an expedient by suggesting, off the reel, the propriety of the cabman’s shelter, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near Butt Bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape of a milk and soda or a mineral."
"It’s only a stonesthrow to Chicago."

Etymology

From stone + -s- + throw.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: stone
Suffix: -s-

Inflected Forms

stonesthrows (plural)

Questions

What does stonesthrow mean?: Alternative form of stone's throw.
Where does stonesthrow come from?: From stone + -s- + throw.

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