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What (who) is doorstop - definition

AN OBJECT OR DEVICE USED TO HOLD A DOOR OPEN OR CLOSED, OR TO PREVENT A DOOR FROM OPENING TOO WIDELY
Door stop (furniture); Door stop; Wall bumper; Door wedge; Door stopper; Doorstopper
  • A manufactured black rubber doorstop
  • An integrated doorstop
  • A handmade wooden doorstop

Doorstop         
·noun The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.
doorstop         
(doorstops)
A doorstop is a heavy object that you use to keep a door open.
N-COUNT
doorstop         
(also doorstopper)
¦ noun a fixed or heavy object that keeps a door open or in place.

Wikipedia

Doorstop

A doorstop (also door stopper, door stop or door wedge) is an object or device used to hold a door open or closed, or to prevent a door from opening too widely. The same word is used to refer to a thin slat built inside a door frame to prevent a door from swinging through when closed. A doorstop (applied) may also be a small bracket or 90-degree piece of metal applied to the frame of a door to stop the door from swinging (bi-directional) and converting that door to a single direction (in-swing push or out-swing pull). The doorstop can be a separate part or integrated with a hinge or door closer. Also called a tanogen.

Examples of use of doorstop
1. Pollsters report hearing the word Vietnam often on the doorstop.
2. A plump lady in a pink vest sits bolt upright, reading a doorstop of a book.
3. "It is sad –– now you‘ve got that paperweight doorstop out there," she said.
4. HP5, The Order of the Phoenix was a doorstop of 766 pages.
5. Billed as the authorized biography, this doorstop book comes 33 years after Wilson‘s death but adds little new information.