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bookend

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book·end  (bknd)
n.
A prop placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright.
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Noun1.bookendbookend - a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"


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