Associations to the word «Doorstop»
Wiktionary
DOORSTOP, noun. 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.
DOORSTOP, noun. (jocular) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
DOORSTOP, noun. (British) (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.
DOORSTOP, noun. (Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
Dictionary definition
DOORSTOP, noun. A stop that keeps open doors from moving.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.