Doorstop

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doorstop
       n : a stop that keeps open doors from moving [syn: {doorstopper}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "doorstop":
     arrest, bearing rein, bit, brake, chain, check, checkrein, chock,
     clog, countercheck, curb, curb bit, damper, drag, drag sail,
     drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, fetter, holdback, martingale,
     pelham, remora, scotch, sea anchor, shackle, snaffle, spoke, stay,
     stop, trammel
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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. "When we get another
     Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop." Compare {boat
     anchor}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]