bookend
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bookend
- /ˈbʊkɛnd/ US, UK
- /ˈbɵkɛnd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbʊkend/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈbʉkɛnd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊkɛnd
Where it comes from
From book + end.
noun bookends · book-end · book end
-
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
Similar: book support
- Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else. The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year[…]
verb bookends · bookending · bookended
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To come before and after, or at both sides of.
Side one has good songs bookended by better songs.
Similar: flank
Translations
Every language
noun object designed to keep books upright
| Español | sujetalibros |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 북엔드 bugendeu |
| 日本語 | ブックエンド bukkuendo, 本立て hondate |
| 中文 | 書擋 /书挡 shūdǎng |
| Português | bibliocanto |
| Français | serre-livre |
| Deutsch | Buchstütze |
| Italiano | reggilibro |
| Русский | книгодержа́тель knigoderžátelʹ, подпо́рка для книг podpórka dlja knig |
verb to come before and after, or at both sides of
| Deutsch | einrahmen |
|---|
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