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bracket

/ˈbɹækɪt/

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What does bracket mean?

noun

  1. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
  2. Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  3. A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
More meanings (20)

noun

  1. The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
  2. “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
  3. “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
  4. A diagram of games in a tournament.
  5. A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
  6. One of several ranges of numbers.
  7. A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
  8. Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
  9. The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
  10. Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).
  11. (obsolete) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.

verb

  1. To support by means of mechanical brackets.
  2. To enclose in typographical brackets.
  3. To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
  4. To place in the same category.
  5. To mark distinctly for special treatment.
  6. To set aside, discount, ignore.
  7. To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
  8. To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
  9. In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɹækɪt/

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The bracket should turn on a basal hinge or pivot, to admit of swinging it forward or backward.
L. H. (Liberty Hyde) BaileyManual of Gardening (Second Edition) A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the Growing of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for Home UseProject Gutenberg ebook #9550
In the upper bracket of autobiographic chronicles, by a sensitive man who never had the provincial point of view.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
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Miss Stacy’s photograph occupied the place of honor, and Anne made a sentimental point of keeping fresh flowers on the bracket under it.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
So I take some unbound sheets of a copy of the "Manual," and mark off the "close species" by connecting them with a bracket.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
Over the head of the bed was an alabaster bracket, on which a beautiful sculptured angel stood, with drooping wings, holding out a crown of myrtle-leaves.
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinProject Gutenberg ebook #203