doorstopper

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noun

A doorstop: a device for halting the motion of a door.

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Meanings

noundoorstopper (plural doorstoppers)

plural doorstoppers

  1. A doorstop: a device for halting the motion of a door.
  2. humorousA large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.

    So Steven Pinker is stretching the genre with his 450-page doorstopper Enlightenment Now: A Manifesto for Science, Reason, Humanism and Progress.

    2018, Joe Humphreys, Enlightenment Now: A Manifesto for Science, Reason, Humanism and Progress by Stephen Pinker review
  3. A gauge used in geophysics.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna stop that keeps open doors from moving

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doorstop
Broader
catchstop
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doorstop

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From door + stopper.

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Cite this entry
APA

doorstopper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorstopper

MLA

“doorstopper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorstopper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doorstopper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorstopper.

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