EGAVE

bracket

About 2.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
  2. noun Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  3. noun A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
  4. noun The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
  5. noun Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc. “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation. “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
  6. noun “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
  7. noun “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
  8. noun A diagram of games in a tournament.

Similar words

square bracket angle bracket bracket out fixture ferrule fascia clamp scale band range

Often followed by

and is of the in to for on or

Word family

angle bracket bracketed bracketing brackets square bracket

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