door stoppers

Keep doors open

Door stoppers are devices that hold doors open or prevent them from swinging too far and damaging walls.

The simplest are weighted wedges placed under a door's edge; others mount to walls or floors as rubber bumpers.

She propped the door open with a heavy door stopper.

Also called doorstops.

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keep open · block · floor · hinge · jamb · heavy · brass · wooden · brick · draft · draft excluder · threshold · bookend · iron · weight · decorative · slam · prevent

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Opposites
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Family

door, stop, doors, doored, doorway, doorways, doorman, doormen, doorstep

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G