Noun
The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. Alfred Hitchcock
I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months. Jack Nance
Please, don't use a cornice as a doorstop. At least put it somewhere where people will have to look up at it. Architectural details really ought to be displayed in the same relation to the viewer as they were originally intended. Hugh Hardy
Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 26 October 2020. Source: Internet
Beyond that, it will make a cool, edgy-looking doorstop for your loft or boutique. Source: Internet
In 1850, purchasing a shirt in your favorite color would have seemed as frivolous as a designer doorstop. Source: Internet