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bookend

/ˈbʊkˌɛnd/
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Other forms: bookends

Definitions of bookend
  1. noun
    a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
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    type of:
    support
    any device that bears the weight of another thing
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