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How to pronounce “doorstop”
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Pronunciation guide for doorstop
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of doorstop with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 7 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper
I saw a centrifuge being used as a doorstop.
- Definition summary
- 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.
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How to pronounce doorstop
Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper
I saw a centrifuge being used as a doorstop.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “doorstop”
Meaning
- [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.
- (humorous) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
- (British, proscribed, nonstandard) Eggcorn of doorstep.
- (Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
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