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Meaning of doorstopper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A doorstop: a device for halting the motion of a door.
A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
humorous
A gauge used in geophysics.

Examples

“So Steven Pinker is stretching the genre with his 450-page doorstopper Enlightenment Now: A Manifesto for Science, Reason, Humanism and Progress.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Doorway doorway page doorway, doorstep, gateway Doorways doorweed doorwoman