endpiece

Concluding section portion

An endpiece is the final section or concluding part of something, particularly the back portion of a book or the last segment of a broadcast.

In butchery, an endpiece is the cut from the end of a roast or loaf.

The term applies broadly to any terminal component: The endpiece of the documentary featured interviews with survivors.

bookpart

tailpiece

Concluding addition to text

afterword · addendum · coda · colophon · backmatter · footnote · codicil · supplement · index · glossary

literary

epilogue

Concluding literary section

conclusion · final chapter · last word · sign-off · valediction · farewell · swan song

furniture

finial

Decorative top element

foot · scroll · volute · acorn · ball · claw · paw

bread

heel

Foot's rear underside

  • crustHard outer layer
  • buttRear of body
  • knobRounded gripping fixture

doorstep · topper · ender · noggin

musical

coda

Closing musical passage

  • outroSong's closing section
  • postludeConcluding musical piece
  • finaleConcluding part of performance

tag · cadence · resolution · reprise

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Opposites
position in sequence

endpiecebeginning

Initial stage of something

headpiece · front end · start · opening · lead-in

structural role in composition

endpiecefrontispiece

Book's introductory illustration

preface · foreword · introduction · prologue · preamble

Family

end, piece, ending, endless, piecing, pieced, piecemeal, endgame, endpoint

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