DOORSTOP

doorstop, doorstopper

(noun) a stop that keeps open doors from moving

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

doorstop (plural doorstops)

Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.

(jocular) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.

(British) (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.

(Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.

Anagrams

• doorpost

Source: Wiktionary


Door"stop`, n. (Carp.)

Definition: The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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