[Duffy song] `Stepping Stone` is the fourth single by Duffy from her debut album, Rockferry. The single was officially released as both a digital download and CD single on 1 September 2008 in the United Kingdom. Although it followed the massive success of previous singles `Mercy` and `Warwick Avenue`, it did not perform well in worldwide mu...[computer security] A stepping stone (StSt) is a type of computer security measure which consists of placing several logical security systems, used as authentication servers, in a serial disposition to emulate a physical narrow channel, analogous to a physical path formed by stepping stones used to cross a river. Using this system, it is po...
• (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. • (n.) A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
See stumbling bloc.
Step'ping-stone` noun 1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking. 2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. « These obstacles his genius had turned into stepping- stones .» Macaulay. « That men may rise on steppin...
[n] - a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing 2. [n] - any means of advancement
noun any means of advancement; `the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches`