Doorstop

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  • noun. A wedge inserted beneath a door to hold it open at a desired position.
  • noun. A weight or spring that prevents a door from slamming.
  • noun. A rubber-tipped projection attached to a wall to protect it from the impact of an opening door.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A strip of carriage-lace, or metal, used to prevent a carriage-door from opening beyond a fixed point.
  • noun. A flange against which a door shuts in its frame.
  • noun. A device placed behind a door to prevent it from being opened too widely.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door; any object used to stop open doors from moving.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
  • noun. (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.
  • noun. An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a stop that keeps open doors from moving
  • Word Usage
    "I see fuzzynuts the doorstop is here. hold that door fuzzy."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    catch  stop  
    Same Context
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arrest  bearing rein  bit  brake  chain