bracket - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'bracket' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bracket

[ n.]

- An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
- A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
- A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
- The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
- One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.
- A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.

2 . Bracket

[ v. t.]

- To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

Meaning of 'bracket' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bracket

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- support with brackets

Example in sentence:

bracket bookshelves

Meaning (2):
- place into brackets

Example in sentence:

Please bracket this remark

Nearby Words:

brabantine brabble brabblement brabbler braccate bracchia brace braced bracelet bracer

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Bracket creep
Bracket creep is the gradual movement into higher tax brackets when incomes

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