doorstop

doorstop englannista suomeksi

1. oven pidätin

0. Substantiivi

1. ovenpysäytin, ovikiila wedge

2. tiiliskivi

doorstop englanniksi

1. 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. (senseid) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.

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4. (quote-journal)

5. (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.

6. An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.

7. (quote-text)

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