mamotreto — meaning in English
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English meaning
- contraption noun A machine or device that looks complicated, unusual, or unreliable.
- 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.
- tome noun A large, heavy, or scholarly book, especially one volume in a series.
Senses
mamotreto is used for these senses in English:
- contraption A machine that is complicated and precarious.
- doorstop (jocular) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
- tome A large or scholarly book.
doorstop — full definition
- 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.
- noun A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
- noun Eggcorn of doorstep.
- noun An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.