BOOKEND

bookend

(noun) a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bookend (plural bookends)

A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.

(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.

Verb

bookend (third-person singular simple present bookends, present participle bookending, simple past and past participle bookended)

(transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.

Synonyms

• flank

Source: Wiktionary



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