Meaning & use
doorstop
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an object used to hold a door open or to prevent it from hitting a wall.
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She propped the front door open with a heavy doorstop.
The old brick served as a makeshift doorstop in the summer heat.
A note on using this word
Also used informally, and somewhat dismissively, to describe a book or object considered too large or dull to be useful for anything else.
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