The door was held open with a doorstop.
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Doorstop
Synonyms for "doorstop" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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Translations
17 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- topall noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
Finnish
3 entries- ovenpysäytin noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
- ovikiila noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
- tiiliskivi noun (large book — see also tome)
French
3 entries- brique noun (large book — see also tome)
- cale-porte noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
- pavé noun (large book — see also tome)
Italian
1 entries- fermaporta noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
Māori
1 entries- matapipi noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- dørstopper noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
- murstein noun (large book — see also tome)
- mursten noun (large book — see also tome)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Däastett noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
Spanish
4 entries- cuña noun (wedge used to keep a door open)
- librote noun (large book — see also tome)
- mamotreto noun (large book — see also tome)
- tocho noun (large book — see also tome)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Carol Wick and her husband own a small slice of the American dream, 12 hectares at the edge of the Cascade foothills, southeast of Seattle, Washington. A short walk from her doorstop, past some pastures and a dilapidated barn, is the fir and cedar forest that covers about one-third of her property.
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Meanwhile, all the Democrats had to put forward that year was a doorstop called Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill.
Source: wiktionary
Walter Isaacson’s insight-free doorstop makes at least one thing clear: the richest man in the world has a lot of growing up to do[.]
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