bookend
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for…A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
» Tom uses bricks for bookends.
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2 sensesA heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
Buchstütze
книгодержа́тельknigoderžátelʹ, подпо́рка для книгpodpórka dlja knig
a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
(figuratively)Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
Examples
2 sentencesTom uses bricks for bookends.
Bookends are very useful things.
deBuchstützen sind sehr nützliche Dinge. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
From book + end.From book + end.
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