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Doormat

//ˈdɔɹˌmæt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.

    "Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house."

  2. 2
    a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes. derogatory, figuratively

    "He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him."

  4. 4
    a person who is physically weak and ineffectual wordnet

Etymology

From door + mat.

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