"bookstop" meaning in English

See bookstop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bookstops [plural]
Etymology: From book + stop. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|book|stop}} book + stop Head templates: {{en-noun}} bookstop (plural bookstops)
  1. (rare) A bookend. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bookstop-en-noun-LiLhq~sC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "book",
        "3": "stop"
      },
      "expansion": "book + stop",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From book + stop.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bookstops",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bookstop (plural bookstops)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Sheryl Kindle Fullner, The Shoestring Library, page 107:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Catherine Hall, The Proof of Love:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bookend."
      ],
      "id": "en-bookstop-en-noun-LiLhq~sC",
      "links": [
        [
          "bookend",
          "bookend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A bookend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bookstop"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "book",
        "3": "stop"
      },
      "expansion": "book + stop",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From book + stop.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bookstops",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bookstop (plural bookstops)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Sheryl Kindle Fullner, The Shoestring Library, page 107:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Catherine Hall, The Proof of Love:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bookend."
      ],
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          "bookend"
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        "(rare) A bookend."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
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}

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