doorstop

Plural: doorstops

Noun

• An object used to hold a door open or prevent it from hitting a wall.
• a stop that keeps open doors from moving
• Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
• A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
• Eggcorn of doorstep.
• An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.

Examples

• That low-scoring play felt like a doorstop, preventing any grander word from emerging.

Synonyms

doorstopper