Synonyms for doorstop
ˈdɔrˌstɒp, ˈdoʊr-doorstop

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1. doorstop, doorstoppernoun

   a stop that keeps open doors from moving

   Synonyms:
   doorstopper

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How to use doorstop in a sentence?

1. Alfred Hitchcock:

   The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book -- it makes a very poor doorstop.

2. Alvin Bragg:

   In addition to being the first Black district attorney, I think I'll probably be the first district attorney who's had police point a gun at him. I think I'll be the first district attorney who's had a homicide victim on his doorstop. I think I'll be the first district attorney in Manhattan whose had a semi-automatic weapon pointed at him. I think I'll be the first district attorney in Manhattan whose had a loved one reenter from incarceration and stay with him, and I'm going to govern from that perspective.

3. Lisa Kott:

   Watching your child suffering when you're helpless is one of the worst things you can experience in life, i know that death is on the doorstop. I'm not going to let him in, and he's going to be waiting there for a very long time. The difference between us and any other family is that they don't see him at the doorstep. I see him, and in true Southern fashion, I will give him a glass of iced tea while he waits. Because we're still going to dance and have fun in the presence of all that. It's not going to be doom and gloom in our house.

4. Alfred Hitchcock:

   This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.