Usually means: Supports holding books upright together.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word bookends:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. bookends: Merriam-Webster
  2. bookends: Vocabulary.com
  3. Bookends, bookends: Wordnik
  4. bookends: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. bookends: Wiktionary
  6. bookends: Dictionary.com
  7. BookEnds, Bookends (album), Bookends (software), Bookends (song), Bookends: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Bookends: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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▸ noun:  (poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Similar:
jackass, bullets, aces and spaces, dead man's hand, Ajax, little slick, Broadway, Jack Benny, drinking age, beer hand, more...

Opposite:
bookstart, bookstop, book holder, book stand

Adjectives:
mismatched, wooden, beautiful, historical, unmatched, human, bronze, heavy, perfect, shaped, giant



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Similar:
jackass, bullets, aces and spaces, dead man's hand, Ajax, little slick, Broadway, Jack Benny, drinking age, beer hand, more...

Opposite:
bookstart, bookstop, book holder, book stand

Adjectives:
mismatched, wooden, beautiful, historical, unmatched, human, bronze, heavy, perfect, shaped, giant



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