What does bookend mean in crosswords?

bookend means: a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)

Which crossword clues can have bookend as the answer?

Possible clues for bookend include "Upright shelf support", "Shelf stopper".

Word entry · 7 letters

Best crossword clue

"Upright shelf support"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʊkɛnd/Part of speech nounSorted bdeknooStarts with BEnds with D2 cluesCommon crossword word

1B2O3O4K5E6N7D

a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)

From book + end.

“The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year[…]”
“In both Episode 1 and Episode 9, which serve as bookends, Burns found fascinating footage of a 1938 event at which President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to living veterans who wore the Blue and the Gray; […]”
“[…] radio techniques, including the use of sound montage and the placement of musical "bookends" at the beginning and end of radio programs […]”

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01“Upright shelf support”7 letters

02“Shelf stopper”7 letters

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