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US
/ˈdɔɹˌmæt/
]
[ UK /dˈɔːmæt/ ]
[ UK /dˈɔːmæt/ ]
NOUN
- a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering
- a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
How To Use doormat In A Sentence
- On the doormat there is a postcard with the message: We want what you have. Times, Sunday Times
- Gold crowns and dentures could then be traded for ready money when one of those whopping utility bills lands on your doormat. Times, Sunday Times
- He went back to the murder scene and found a piece of flattened lead near the front edge of the doormat under the doorsill.
- And we must not, under any circumstance, allow ourselves to become a doormat for the other person.
- My favourite out of all the catalogues that plop onto the doormat is the Lakeland one. Kitchen Gadget Lust « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
- Fellow drivers are increasingly finding that brown envelope dropping onto the doormat. Times, Sunday Times
- At the threshold, the boys carefully wipe their feet, not just on the outside doormat, but on the inside one, too.
- `You never know when the next invitation for a week's snorkelling in the Bahamas may land on the doormat. LOVE YOU MADLY
- You could spend thousands of pounds receiving emails and browsing websites without realising it until the bill drops on your doormat. Times, Sunday Times
- Well, coming back to the exhibition, each stall has something new to offer from doormats to curtains to decoration items.
