Crossword-Solution: DOORSTOP
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Doorstop | n. | The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DOORSTOP | anagram | DOORPOST |
We have 16 clues for the answer “DOORSTOP”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Blocker used to keep an entrance open | 1 answer |
| An object that keeps a door open or in place | 1 answer |
| Enormous book, so to speak | 1 answer |
| Floor wedge, perhaps | 1 answer |
| It can make something ajar? | 1 answer |
| It may be wedge-shaped | 1 answer |
| It prevents closings | 1 answer |
| It prevents slamming | 1 answer |
| It'll prevent a closing | 1 answer |
| Slam preventer | 1 answer |
| Swing preventer, of a sort | 1 answer |
| Wedge for an entrance | 1 answer |
| Wedge on the floor | 1 answer |
| Household device. | 2 answers |
| Wall protector | 2 answers |
| Wedge | 24 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with DOORSTOP (4)
Like {doorstop} but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless.
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Then he put it on the rim of the chest in such a position that if the lid were to fall it would be stopped by the doorstop.
The heavy outer lid swung forward and down of its own accord, moving with blurring speed, and slammed viciously against the doorstop.
Quotes with DOORSTOP (3)
It's strange but as I grow older, I find myself developing more optimism. I keep inching toward the point where I believe that it's more difficult to have hope than it is to embrace cynicism. In the deep dark end, there's no point unless we have at least a modicum of hope. We trawl our way through the darkness hoping to find a pinpoint of light. But isn't it remarkable that the cynics of this world — the politicians, the corporations, the squinty-eyed critics — seem to think …
A good novel can be a doorstop to despair.
Look at it this way — before any of this wood became parts of the shelves or the desk or the chair, all of it was in pieces — just pieces of wood. But the wood was full of potential. It could be shaped into anything that a carpenter wanted it to be shaped into, turning it into a beautiful finished product. Now, not all carpenters are equal in skill — you know that. If a piece of wood is shaped by a poor carpenter, the finished product will be lacking somehow, in some way." Bu…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 16 times in crossword archives (1955–2022).