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steppingstone

steppingstone is the alternative form of stepping stone.

Meaning of stepping stone

Noun

stepping stone (plural stepping stones)

  1. A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.
    • Falling—her veriest stepping-stone
      Shall form the pedestal of a throne— […]1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
    Synonyms:
    means, way
  2. (idiomatic) Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else.
    • He was full of ambition, and force, and life, intending all sorts of great things, and meaning to make his position a stepping stone to all that was excellent in public life.

Forms of steppingstone

pluralsteppingstones

Questions about steppingstone

What is steppingstone the alternative form of?
Steppingstone is the alternative form of stepping stone.

Words near steppingstone in the dictionary

  1. stepping up to the plate
  2. stepping-stone
  3. stepping-stones
  4. Steppingley
  5. steppings
  6. steppingstone
  7. steppingstones
  8. steppogenin
  9. Stepps
  10. stepquote
  11. stepquotes

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