# doorstop

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #78,541

## Definitions
1. Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
2. A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
3. Eggcorn of doorstep.
4. An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.

## Etymology
From door + stop.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/doorstop