doorstop
/ˈdɔːstɒp/noun
उच्चारण डॉर्स्टॉप
दरवाज़ा रोकने वाली चीज़, डोर-स्टॉप
Basic word
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an object or a device used to keep a door open or to stop it from hitting a wall when it opens
दरवाज़ा रोकने वाली चीज़, डोर-स्टॉप
- She used a heavy book as a doorstop to keep the door open.
- a rubber doorstop
- A wooden wedge works well as a doorstop.
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- The doorstop stopped the door from banging in the wind.
- He kicked the doorstop away and closed the door.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
doorstop / doorstopper
A doorstop holds a door open or stops it from hitting a wall. The variant doorstopper is also used.
Doorstop दरवाज़े को खुला रखता है या दीवार से टकराने से रोकता है। 'Doorstopper' रूप भी प्रयुक्त होता है।
- He put a brick under the door as a doorstop.
- A rubber doorstop saved the wall.
use sth as a doorstop
Use as for the purpose that an object serves, especially a heavy book or a stone.
किसी वस्तु के उपयोग का उद्देश्य बताने के लिए 'as' आता है, विशेषकर भारी पुस्तक या पत्थर के लिए।
- Radhika used an old dictionary as a doorstop.
doorstop (British, informal: a very thick book)
A very thick book can be called a doorstop humorously, since it is big enough to hold a door open.
बहुत मोटी पुस्तक को हँसी में doorstop कह सकते हैं, क्योंकि वह दरवाज़े को खुला रखने जितनी बड़ी होती है।
- His new novel is a real doorstop, over a thousand pages.
countable noun: a doorstop / doorstops
It takes an article in the singular.
Singular में इसके साथ article आता है।
- Put a doorstop behind the door so that the wind does not slam it.
doorstop (wedge, spring or floor type)
There are several kinds: a wedge pushed under the door, a spring fixed on the skirting board and a weight placed on the floor.
कई प्रकार होते हैं: दरवाज़े के नीचे लगाई जाने वाली कील, skirting board पर लगी स्प्रिंग और फर्श पर रखा वज़न।
- A spring doorstop was fixed to the skirting board.
+Collocations 4
material + doorstop
rubberbrasswoodenironstonewedge
- A rubber wedge doorstop held the classroom door open.
verb + doorstop
useplacekick underbuywedge
- She kicked the doorstop under the door to keep it open.
doorstop + purpose
to hold opento prevent slammingto protect the wallagainst the windfor ventilation
- A doorstop prevents the wind from slamming the door.
figurative doorstop
heavy bookthick novelbig volumeweighty tomebulky file
- The legal textbook was such a heavy doorstop that no one finished it.
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- The wind kept banging the door until we found a doorstop.
हवा दरवाज़े को पटकती रही जब तक हमें doorstop नहीं मिल गया।
- A heavy iron elephant served as a doorstop in grandfather's study.
दादाजी के अध्ययन कक्ष में लोहे का एक भारी हाथी doorstop का काम करता था।
- The librarian laughed that the old encyclopedia made a perfect doorstop.
पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष ने हँसते हुए कहा कि पुराना encyclopedia एकदम सही doorstop है।
- He tripped over the doorstop in the dark.
अँधेरे में वह doorstop से ठोकर खा गया।
- Install a doorstop to protect the wall from the handle.
हत्थे से दीवार को बचाने के लिए doorstop लगवाइए।
- The school peon placed a brick against the door as a doorstop.
स्कूल के चपरासी ने दरवाज़े के सामने एक ईंट doorstop के रूप में रख दी।
- A shaped wooden doorstop in the form of a cat sat by the entrance.
प्रवेश पर बिल्ली के आकार का लकड़ी का doorstop रखा था।
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✗ I kept a stone for the doorstop.
✓ I kept a stone as a doorstop.
To say what an object serves as, use as a.
वस्तु किस काम आ रही है यह बताने के लिए 'as a' आता है।
✗ The book was so thick that people used it like doorstop.
✓ The book was so thick that people used it as a doorstop.
Use as a for the role an object plays, with the article before the singular noun.
वस्तु की भूमिका के लिए 'as a' आता है, singular noun से पहले article के साथ।