bookend
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.book·end
noun \-ˌend\Definition of BOOKEND
: a support placed at the end of a row of books
See Examples of BOOKEND
- a pair of bookends shaped like horses
- He used an empty flowerpot as a bookend.
First Known Use of BOOKEND
1907
Rhymes with BOOKEND
addend, amend, append, ascend, attend, bartend, befriend, Big Bend, boyfriend, closed-end, commend, compend, contend, dead end, dead-end, defend, depend, descend, distend, downtrend, emend, expend, extend, fag end, forfend, front-end, girlfriend, Gravesend, headend, high-end, hornblende, impend, intend, Land's End, loose end, low-end, missend, misspend, next friend, no end, offend, on end, Ostend, outspend, perpend, pitchblende, portend, pretend, propend, protend, rear-end, resend, sheet bend, South Bend, split end, stipend, subtend, suspend, tag end, tail end, tight end, top-end, transcend, unbend, unkenned, upend, uptrend, weekend, year-end
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