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Definition of "doormat" [doormat]

  • A mat placed before a doorway for wiping the shoes. (noun)
  • Slang One who submits meekly to domination or mistreatment by others. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "doormat" in a sentence
  • "My favourite out of all the catalogues that plop onto the doormat is the Lakeland one."
  • "And my "Come Back with a Warrant" doormat is a hit with everyone who has seen it."
  • "Perhaps they weighed in their mind that putting the package underneath my doormat and decided somehow that this wouldn’t work, perhaps it would get wet in this way, even though the doormat is well covered, and the package would be further protected by being under said doormat."