bracket (ˈbrækɪt
)
Definitions
noun
- an L-shaped or other support fixed to a wall to hold a shelf, etc
- one or more wall shelves carried on brackets
- architecture a support projecting from the side of a wall or other structure See also corbel
, ancon
, console2
- square bracketeither of a pair of characters, [ ], used to enclose a section of writing or printing to separate it from the main text
- a general name for parenthesis
, square bracket
, brace (sense 6)
- a group or category falling within or between certain defined limits ⇒
the lower income bracket
- the distance between two preliminary shots of artillery fire in range-finding
- a skating figure consisting of two arcs meeting at a point, tracing the shape ⋎
verb
(tr) - to fix or support by means of a bracket or brackets
- to put (written or printed matter) in brackets, esp as being irrelevant, spurious, or bearing a separate relationship of some kind to the rest of the text
- to couple or join (two lines of text, etc) with a brace
- (often foll by with) to group or class together ⇒
to bracket Marx with the philosophers
- to adjust (artillery fire) until the target is hit
Word Origin
C16: from Old French braguette codpiece, diminutive of bragues breeches, from Old Provençal braga , from Latin brāca breeches
Synonyms
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grouping,
limits,
group,
list,
range,
category,
scope,
span,
sphere,
classification,
parameters,
