doorstop.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
Eggcorn of doorstep.
An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
Where this word comes from
From door + stop.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.