# bookend

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #81,175

## Definitions
1. A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
2. Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.

## Etymology
From book + end.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bookend