doorstop

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

doorstopper chuck chock knocker stop block chain bit arrest drag buffer brake ceiling wedge bumper
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Antonyms

free hand service influence guide advantage
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Hypernyms

stop catch

Anagrams

doorpost

Examples

The 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

Close letter words and terms

doorstepping doorsteppy doorstone doorstopper doorward doorwards