BOOKEND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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)

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