Doorstops Meaning in English

word · lemma: doorstop

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التعريف

Small objects placed against or attached to a door to keep it open, closed, or to prevent it from hitting a wall.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Usually refers to the physical object, but can sometimes be used humorously for anything heavy used to hold a door. Also used metaphorically for very thick books ('book is a real doorstop'). Common collocations: 'rubber doorstop', 'metal doorstop'.

• Spanish: topes de puerta - sujetapuertas
• Portuguese (BR): batentes de porta - seguradores de porta
• Portuguese (PT): batentes de porta - calços de porta
• Chinese (Simplified): 门挡
• Chinese (Traditional): 門擋
• Hindi: दरवाजे का स्टॉपर
• Arabic: وقفات الباب - مانعات الباب
• Bengali: ডোরস্টপার - দরজা আটকানোর ছোট বস্তু
• Russian: дверной упор - ограничитель двери
• Japanese: ドアストッパー
• Vietnamese: chặn cửa
• Korean: 문고정기 - 도어스톱
• Turkish: kapı tutucu - kapı stoperi
• Urdu: دروازہ روک - ڈور اسٹاپ
• Indonesian: penahan pintu

جمل نموذجية

The hotel room has two doorstops on the floor.

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We use doorstops to keep the classroom door open.

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Please put the doorstops back when you finish cleaning.

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We had to use books as doorstops because we couldn’t find the real ones.

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That old brick has turned into one of the most useful doorstops at my place.

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Honestly, I think that huge novel could double as one of my doorstops.

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