bookend
A simple sheet-metal bookend
Meanings
Noun
- A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
- Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
Verb
- To come before and after, or at both sides of.
Related
Similar words
Origin
- book + end
Modern English dictionary
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