Bookend vs. Synonym

Bookendnoun

A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.

Bookendnoun

(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.

Bookendverb

(transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.

Bookendnoun

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

Bookendnoun

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

Bookend

The bookend is an object tall, sturdy, and heavy enough, when placed at either end of a row of upright books, to support or buttress them. Heavy bookends—made of wood, bronze, marble, and even large geodes—have been used in libraries, stores and homes for centuries; the simple sheetmetal bookend (originally patented in 1877 by William Stebbins Barnard) uses the weight of the books standing on its foot to clamp the bookend's tall brace against the last book's back; in libraries, simple metal brackets are often used to support the end of a row of books.

Synonymnoun

A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.

Synonymnoun

A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.

Synonymnoun

(zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).

Synonymnoun

Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.

Synonymnoun

(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.

Synonymnoun

One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.

Synonymnoun

An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; - so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.

Synonymnoun

One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym.

Synonymnoun

two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

Synonymnoun

a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close

Synonymnoun

a person or thing so closely associated with a particular quality or idea that the mention of their name calls it to mind

Synonymnoun

a taxonomic name which has the same application as another, especially one which has been superseded and is no longer valid.

Synonym

A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another; they are synonymous.