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cale-porte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • doorstop noun 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.

Senses

cale-porte is used for these senses in English:

  • doorstop 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.

doorstop — full definition

  1. noun 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. noun A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
  3. noun Eggcorn of doorstep.
  4. noun An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.

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