doorstop 
doorstop
Definition
door·stop (-stäp′)
noun
- a device used to hold a door open at a desired position or prevent it from closing too forcibly or slamming against a wall
- a thin wooden strip affixed to a frame of a doorway, against which the door closes
doorstop
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- book: This is a huge doorstop of a book, but it won't be left sitting long enough to turn into one!
Converse of object
- make: Hermes Foot This plaster cast, taken from an unknown sculpture of Hermes, makes an amusing doorstop.
- have: One of the brothers was missing an arm and his mother had an iron doorstop embedded in her temple.
- embed: One of the brothers was missing an arm and his mother had an iron doorstop embedded in her temple.
Adjective modifier
- good: Leave it out for a week and you have a very good doorstop.
Noun used with modifier
- iron: One of the brothers was missing an arm and his mother had an iron doorstop embedded in her temple.
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