door⋅stop
[dawr-stop, dohr-] 
| 1. | a device for holding a door open, as a wedge or small weight. |
| 2. | Also called slamming stile, stop. (in a doorframe) a strip or projecting surface against which the door closes. |
| 3. | a device for preventing a door from striking a wall or an object on a wall, as a small rubber-covered projection. |
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| door·stop (dôr'stŏp', dōr'-) n.
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Doorstop
Door"stop`\, n. (Carp.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.Cite This Source
doorstop
n. Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop." Compare boat anchor.Cite This Source
doorstop
Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup. "When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop."
Compare boat anchor.
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doorstop
usually decorative and invariably heavy object used to prevent doors from swinging shut. Doorstops came into use about 1775 following the introduction of the rising butt, a type of hinge designed to close a door automatically. Many stops took the form of famous persons, such as Napoleon, Shakespeare, Wellington, Gladstone, and Disraeli. Animal forms were also popular
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