Stepping stones are stones set in a stream to cross dry-footed. Cross by the stepping stones.
They are laid at a stride apart, which suits some legs better than others. Wet stepping stones are more dangerous than the water they are meant to keep you out of.
1nounstepping stonesStones set in a stream to cross dry-footed.
“The stepping stones were under an inch of water.”
stepping stones is stones.
stepping stone First attested circa 1325; first used in the figurative sense circa 1653.
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