doorstop

  1. Noun.  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.
  2. Noun.  (jocular) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
  3. Noun.  (British) A thick sandwich.
  4. Noun.  (Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
  5. Noun.  (British) A doorstep.

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