BOOKEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bookend mean? 

• BOOKEND (noun)
  The noun BOOKEND has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BOOKEND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOKEND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bookend" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)