Search for crossword answers and clues
A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
Answer for the clue "A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table) ", 7 letters:
bookend
Alternative clues for the word bookend
Word definitions for bookend in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
"Bookends" redirects here. For the album by Simon and Garfunkel, see Bookends (album) . A bookend is an object that is designed to buttress , or support, an upright row of books . It is placed on either end to prevent books from falling over, such as in ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright. 2 (context figurative English) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else. vb. To come before and after, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Hood ornaments of streamlined nymphs bearing tiny globes stood as bookends to his Architectural Digests. ▪ The onyx was shipped to Tijuana to be fabricated into bookends, chessmen and other tourist kitsch.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bookend \book"end\ n. a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table).
Usage examples of bookend.
Despite the differences in their backgrounds and physical appearance, as boys they had been like bookends, always together.
Between brass bookends, each a miniature bust of Shakespeare, are the novels she collects at yard sales.
At her desk beneath the Shakespeare bookends, Tessie wrote back faithfully, if not entirely truthfully.
Now that they had made a complete circuit they saw that the buildings were like bookends on a broad shelfno booksand the shelf surrounded by greenery.
Or were you of a mind to convert them all to floor lamps and bookends, huh?
Betsy had boarded the train wearing her plain and everyday striped cotton boxer shorts, her T-shirt with the sunflowers stenciled on the front and back, her Roman espadrilles laced up to her knees, and a knapsack slung over her back, its canvas sides strained by her Dante and Beatrice bookends, her alabaster horse, and her treasure box, plus a stone she had grubbed from the foundation landscaping as her mother was hustling her out to the taxi waiting at the curb in front of their house.
I followed Walker across the lot and as we got close to the hearse I could see that the back of it was loaded with all kinds of junk, mostly stuff from Mexico: patio lanterns, wrought-iron bookends, pin atas and a few adding machines and typewriters.
A row of moldering old books ran along one shelf, bookended by huge pieces of unpolished petrified wood.
A vast buffet heaped with food ran along one wall, bookended by two well-stocked booze stations.
Dennis crossed the parking lot carefully on his crutches, his mother and father bookending him nervously in spite of the fact that the lot had been scrupulously salted free of even the slightest trace or snow and ice He paused by the family car, turning his face up slightly into the freshening breeze.
I watched him stroll into fancy restaurants dressed in a tuxedo, always with a different woman on his arm, always with his pair of bodyguards bookending him.
Doc reached over and picked up the object, hefting the heavy ceramic bookend in both hands.