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doorstop
(encz) | doorstop,dveřní zarážka n: Zdeněk Brož |
doorstop
(gcide) | doorstop \door"stop`\, n. (Carp.)
The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops,
at the right place, the shutting of a door; any object used
to stop open doors from moving.
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doorstop
(wn) | doorstop
n 1: a stop that keeps open doors from moving [syn: doorstop,
doorstopper] |
doorstop
(foldoc) | doorstop
Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway
expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept
around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup. "When
we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a
doorstop."
Compare boat anchor.
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doorstop
(jargon) | doorstop
n.
Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to
remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons
or ostensibly as a backup. Compare boat anchor.
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