noun | verb
bookendbookend1 /ˈbʊkɛnd/ noun [countable usually plural] 
one of a pair of objects that you put at each end of a row of books to prevent them from falling over noun | verb
bookendbookend2 verb [transitive] if two similar things bookend something such as an event, performance, movie, etc., they come at the beginning and the end of it: The best parts are the two Reed songs that bookend the CD.- meta-
- metabolic
- metabolism
- metabolize
- metacarpals
- metafiction
- metal
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- metal detector
- metal fatigue
- metalinguistic
- metalinguistics
- metallic
- metallic bond
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- metamorphic
- metamorphic rock
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- metamorphose
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