Term: stepping stone: a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing
Candidate hypernym: rock: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter → 1
Candidate hypernym: f: the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: four-in-hand: a long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other → 0
Candidate hypernym: genre painter: a painter of scenes from everyday life → 0
Candidate hypernym: retrovision: a vision of events in the distant past → 0
Candidate hypernym: prince's-feather: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal → 0
Candidate hypernym: radical hysterectomy: surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes → 0
Candidate hypernym: hatchet: a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) → 0
Candidate hypernym: drill: (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms → 0
Candidate hypernym: clemency: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice → 0
Candidate hypernym: timeserver: one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage → 0