different between ghi vs bookend

English

Noun

ghi (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of ghee

Anagrams

• 'igh

Esperanto

Pronoun

ghi

1. H-system spelling of ?i

Italian

Etymology

From Hindi–Urdu ?? (gh?)/???? (gh?), from Sanskrit ??? (gh?ta, “sprinkled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

ghi m (uncountable)

1. ghee (South Asian clarified butter)

References

• ghi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

ghi

1. Alternative spelling of gi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“to record”, SV: kí).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [?i??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [??j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??j??]

Verb

ghi • (?, ?, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????)

1. to write something for the record
2. (computing) to write
3. (literary) to remember; to keep remembrances

See also

• vi?t

English

Etymology

book +? end

Noun

bookend (plural bookends)

1. A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
2. (figuratively) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
   • 2012, Kelly Fiveash, Snooper's-charter plans are just misunderstood, sniffles tearful May, on The Register [1]

     The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year […]

   • 2017, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, Cynthia J. Miller, The American Civil War on Film and TV (page 214)

     In both Episode 1 and Episode 9, which serve as bookends, Burns found fascinating footage of a 1938 event at which President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to living veterans who wore the Blue and the Gray; […]

Translations

Verb

bookend (third-person singular simple present bookends, present participle bookending, simple past and past participle bookended)

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

Synonyms

• flank

Translations