Bookend Definition
bo͝okĕnd
bookended, bookending, bookends
noun
A support, often ornamental and usually one of a pair, put at the end of a row of books to keep them upright.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
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verb
To be located at the ends of or at one end of.
A bank and a supermarket bookend the shopping mall.
Webster's New World
To place something or be positioned at the ends of (a place or linear space).
The picture on the wall was bookended by two diplomas.
American Heritage
To arrange or occur before and after (an event).
The speaker's lecture was bookended with television interviews.
American Heritage
To come before and after, or at both sides of.
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