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doorstop (ˈdɔːˌstɒp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a heavy object, wedge, or other device which prevents an open door from moving |
| 2. | a projecting piece of rubber, etc, fixed to the floor to stop a door from striking a wall |
| 3. | informal a very thick book |
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Doorstop
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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.
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doorstop definition
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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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
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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Example sentences
Measuring the clear opening from the face of the doorstop on the frame to the face of the open door.
Doorstop biographies nearly always get mired in chronology and minutiae.
It is daunting in its resemblance to a giant doorstop.
The remaining four were rescheduled due to a shortage of certified doorstop carriers.
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