| Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door. Thesaurus Entries 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 |