Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as stepping-stone.
Etymologies
step + stone (Wiktionary)
Examples
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An assault weapons ban is assumed to be a stepstone to the abolishment of access to all arms, without a moments consideration if that is even possible to do so.
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When I think of those dear ones at home. chi: Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home
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When I think of those dear ones at home. cho: Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home
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To bid this old stepstone goodbye. from the singing of Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882-1973) of Mars Hill, North
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Remember that opposition is the stepstone to success.
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Cho: Goodbye to this stepstone, goodbye to my home,
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He picked up a rather big stepstone near the well and threw it into the well make a sound like a man falling into it.
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Satisfied with stepstone Solutions 'Talent Management
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