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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word bookending:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. bookending: Merriam-Webster
  2. Bookending, bookending: Wordnik
  3. bookending: Wiktionary
  4. bookending: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bookending: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See bookend as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bookend)

noun:  A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
noun:  (figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
verb:  (transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.
▸ Also see bookend


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