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doorstop

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doorstop /ˈdoɚˌstɑːp/ noun
plural doorstops
doorstop
/ˈdoɚˌstɑːp/
noun
plural doorstops
Learner's definition of DOORSTOP
[count]
: an object that is attached to a wall or the floor to prevent a door from hitting and damaging the wall(防止门撞墙的)门碰头
: something (such as a wedge or weight) that is used to hold a door open(保持门敞开的)制门器
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doorstop

noun

door·​stop ˈdȯr-ˌstäp How to pronounce doorstop (audio)
1
: a usually rubber-tipped device attached to a wall or floor to prevent damaging contact between an opened door and the wall
2
: a device (such as a wedge or weight) for holding a door open

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Nearer the coast, Ben Bulben dominates the landscape, jutting from the earth like a great doorstop. J.r. Patterson, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 Atkinson's spectacular doorstop might be described as a reincarnation story, but also might be called a deeply insightful examination of how a single character would experience the whole of the tumultuous 20th century. The Week Staff, The Week, 27 June 2022 The pair formalized their partnership, and the collection grew to encompass, in addition to the doorstop and drawer pulls, a bowl, a candlestick, a table lamp, a necklace, and, yes, a drum key—all available in weighty, hand-finished brass or steel. Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 2 Feb. 2022 The Executioner’s Song—Mailer’s doorstop account of Gary Gilmore’s execution and a work increasingly relevant in our true crime boom—has sold just north of 40,000 since 1998. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2022 This mountaintop acts like a doorstop, blocking the glacier’s forward progress. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2021 The approach of blanking out the AI driving system would seem the more assured approach to stop the evildoer takeover, though this also means that the vehicle becomes a doorstop. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021 The 1965 science-fiction classic, and winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, is a doorstop of a book (my copy clocks in at nearly 700 pages), thick with unfamiliar terminology, elaborate world-building and high-minded concepts. Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021 Earlier today, a package from Activision arrived on my doorstop, suspiciously light and bearing a bright red FRAGILE sticker. Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of doorstop was in 1878
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