endpaper

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noun

Either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages; one side of each endpaper is glued to the cover board, and the other side forms a flyleaf.

“Meronyms: flyleaf, pastedown”

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Meanings

nounendpaper (plural endpapers)

plural endpapers

  1. Either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages; one side of each endpaper is glued to the cover board, and the other side forms a flyleaf.

    Meronyms: flyleaf, pastedown

    1 more example

    Lay the folded endpaper flat, fold facing left, and apply spray adhesive to the paper on the exposed half. Lay the endpaper on the inside front cover, smoothing it to adhere the paper against the cover and the inner spine.

    2011, Carol Endler Sterbenz, Homemade: The Heart and Science of Handcrafts, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
endsheet

Origin

From end + paper.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan guarda
  • guardaeither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
Chinese Mandarin 襯頁 /衬页, 環襯 /环衬
  • 襯頁 /衬页 (chènyè)either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
  • 環襯 /环衬 (huánchèn)either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
Finnish esilehti
  • esilehtieither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
French page de garde
  • page de gardeeither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
German Vorsatz, Nachsatz
  • Vorsatzeither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
  • Nachsatzeither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
  • Vorsatzblatteither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
  • Vorsatzpapiereither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
Hungarian előzék
  • előzékeither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
Irish bileog cheangail
  • bileog cheangaileither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
Japanese 見返し
  • 見返し (mikaeshi)either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
Russian форза́ц, фо́рзац
  • форза́ц (forzác)either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
  • фо́рзац (fórzac)either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
  • нахза́ц (naxzác)either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
  • на́хзац (náxzac)either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages
Spanish guarda
  • guardaeither of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

appender
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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