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Meaning of doorstop

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

doorstop

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.

  3. (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.

  4. An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.