bookend /ˈbʊkɛnd/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright. •(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year[…] — 2012 verb1 •(figurative) To come before and after, or at both sides of.Side one has good songs bookended by better songs. — 2006 formsbookended · bookending · bookends
