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bookend
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bookend
(noun)
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bookend
/
ˈ
bʊkˌɛnd/
noun
plural
bookends
bookend
/
ˈ
bʊkˌɛnd/
noun
plural
bookends
Learner's definition of BOOKEND
[
count
]
:
something placed at the end of a row of books to hold them up
a pair of
bookends
shaped like horses
He used an empty flowerpot as a
bookend
.
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