bookstop

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noun

A bookend.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounbookstop (plural bookstops)

plural bookstops

  1. rareA bookend.

    He arranged his little library on the shelf in order of size, lining the edges up neatly, using the horn as a bookstop, making adjustments until the tip of it faced the room directly.

    2011, Catherine Hall, The Proof of Love
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    Librarians obsess about edging the collection (bringing all books up to the edge of the shelves to make them easier to find and to look tidy). If you have paperbacks or novels stored in deep shelves, make bookstops from free wood.

    2010, Sheryl Kindle Fullner, The Shoestring Library, page 107

Origin

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APA

bookstop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookstop

MLA

“bookstop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookstop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookstop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookstop.

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