bookend

Meaning

Noun

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. (figuratively) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.

Verb

To come before and after, or at both sides of.

Translations

Buchstütze

serre-livre

aguantallibres

sujetalibros

المسند

completar

encerrar

jogador defensivo

suporte de livros

sujetador de libros

boekensteun

Bücherstütze

στήριγμα βιβλίων

reggilibro

Etymology

From book + end.