bookend

[ book-end ]

/ ˈbʊkˌɛnd /

noun

a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.

one of two things occurring or located at either end of something else: two events that served as bookends to my career.

verb (used with object)

to occur or be located at the beginning and end of: His term in office was bookended by crises.

Origin of bookend

First recorded in 1905–10; book + end¹

Words nearby bookend

bookcase, book club, bookcraft, bookcrossing, booked up, bookend, Booker Prize, book gill, book group, bookie, book in

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Example sentences from the Web for bookend

These weeks, and especially fast days that bookend them, are about remembering the experience of loss.
Why Firing Zone 918 is Relevant Today|Elisheva Goldberg|June 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Farm kids are educated early about the events that bookend life.
‘Luck’ Runs Out: If Horses Die While Cameras Roll, You Must Quit|Max Watman|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And it became a sort of bookend to my first experience with him.
Nathan Lane's Final Musical?|Kevin Sessums|April 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But 9/11 has defined our stubbornly nameless decade, along with the bookend election of Barack Obama.
Bush Wrecked 9/11|John Avlon|September 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST

These bookend moments unexpectedly gave me the code to the deeper source of my grief over the death of Olivia Cull.
The Girl I Will Miss at Commencement|Robert Bookman|May 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Before I could follow, Nan had dropped the bookend and flung herself into my arms.
The Scapegoat|Richard Maples

British Dictionary definitions for bookend

book end

noun

one of a pair of usually ornamental supports for holding a row of books upright

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单词	bookend
释义	bookend [ book-end ] / ˈbʊkˌɛnd / noun a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs. one of two things occurring or located at either end of something else: two events that served as bookends to my career. verb (used with object) to occur or be located at the beginning and end of: His term in office was bookended by crises. Origin of bookend First recorded in 1905–10; book + end¹ Words nearby bookend bookcase, book club, bookcraft, bookcrossing, booked up, bookend, Booker Prize, book gill, book group, bookie, book in Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bookend These weeks, and especially fast days that bookend them, are about remembering the experience of loss. Why Firing Zone 918 is Relevant Today\|Elisheva Goldberg\|June 25, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Farm kids are educated early about the events that bookend life. ‘Luck’ Runs Out: If Horses Die While Cameras Roll, You Must Quit\|Max Watman\|March 16, 2012\|DAILY BEAST And it became a sort of bookend to my first experience with him. Nathan Lane's Final Musical?\|Kevin Sessums\|April 8, 2010\|DAILY BEAST But 9/11 has defined our stubbornly nameless decade, along with the bookend election of Barack Obama. Bush Wrecked 9/11\|John Avlon\|September 10, 2009\|DAILY BEAST These bookend moments unexpectedly gave me the code to the deeper source of my grief over the death of Olivia Cull. The Girl I Will Miss at Commencement\|Robert Bookman\|May 22, 2009\|DAILY BEAST Before I could follow, Nan had dropped the bookend and flung herself into my arms. The Scapegoat\|Richard Maples British Dictionary definitions for bookend book end noun one of a pair of usually ornamental supports for holding a row of books upright Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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