book ends
Volume-keeping desk pair
Bookends are matching objects placed at opposite ends of a row of books to keep them upright on a shelf.
They come in countless designs—simple L-shaped metal brackets, weighted figurines, decorative sculptures.
Figuratively, bookends describe things that frame or bracket something else: The two concerts served as bookends to the festival.
Also spelled as one word: bookends.
- shelfHorizontal storage surface
- bracketsMarks setting off text
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- heavyOf great mass
- metalHard conductive solid
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