bookend

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. noun Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
3. verb To come before and after, or at both sides of.

Similar words

bookrest book support bookstop bookstand bookholder book prop book-holder back endboard bookboard

Often followed by

to the for of and on with a in

Word family

bookended bookending bookends