doorstopn.
/ˈdɔːstɒp/, U.S. /ˈdɔrˌstɑp/ 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., fitted into the casing of a door frame and against which a door shuts without swinging through.
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1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic iii. iv. 593 The door-stops may be nailed to the casing and the door hung.
1917 Pop. Mech. Aug. 319/2 The door is forced firmly against the doorstop.
1957 J. D. Wilson Pract. House Carpentry ix. 340 The distance from the edge of the doorstop to the outside edge of the hole in the strike plate which engages the door latch must be measured very carefully.
1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) iii. 189/3 An architrave..covers the joints between the casings and wall. The door closes against applied doorstops..which form a rebate.
2003 Compl. B & Q step-by-step Bk. 123 The door closes against a doorstop, which is usually a separate piece of wood fitted to the frame.
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a. A device fixed to the ground or the wall to prevent a door from opening too widely or from striking the wall when opened. Also: a weight or wedge used to keep a door from closing.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > door-stop
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1922 V. Appleton Tom Swift & his Electric Locomotive vi. 50 The door which had been only ajar, burst inward and banged against the doorstop with a mighty smash.
1952 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Times 18 Mar. 15/4 An Oscar weighs six pounds and four ounces..and can be used as a doorstop or a book-end.
1978 Washington Post 22 Dec. e 25/2 The doorstops have become so popular that Preston is running out of scrap marble for his creations.
2015 E. Lowell Perfect Touch iii. 20 The..door flew open and cracked sharply against the doorstop.
b. A bulky or heavy object, especially a thick book.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body
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condensation1665
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1967 Sunday Tel. 16 Apr. 8/2 An awful story wanders through this great doorstop of a book.
1986 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 2 Jan. It was a wonderful brown roll with tomato and ‘mayo’ topped with a huge doorstop of a hamburger and served with French fries.
2012 Church Times 27 Apr. 31/1 His 672-page doorstop of a book stands as a Protestant parallel to the Handbook of Catholic Apologetics by Kreeft and Tacelli.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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