doorstop
noun
door·stop
ˈdȯr-ˌstäp 
1
: a usually rubber-tipped device attached to a wall or floor to prevent damaging contact between an opened door and the wall
2
: a device (such as a wedge or weight) for holding a door open
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Hadid shouts from the doorstop of a long, low house nestled into the surrounding hills.
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Chloe Schama, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
There are simpler works too, including a rug made of car mats by John Beech – a play on Carl Andre’s minimalist floor sculptures – and a group of 26 doorstops assembled by the same artist, gathered from the San Francisco Museum of Art and placed in a vitrine.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
The finest is this one, which stays more aligned with the author’s 19th-century doorstop of a novel.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
Someone’s about to buy a really expensive doorstop.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Chloe Schama, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
There are simpler works too, including a rug made of car mats by John Beech – a play on Carl Andre’s minimalist floor sculptures – and a group of 26 doorstops assembled by the same artist, gathered from the San Francisco Museum of Art and placed in a vitrine.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
The finest is this one, which stays more aligned with the author’s 19th-century doorstop of a novel.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
Someone’s about to buy a really expensive doorstop.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Doorstop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorstop. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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