bracket
Meaning of bracket
noun
- each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.
symbols are given in brackets
- a category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits.
those in a high income bracket
- a right-angled support attached to a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object.
- the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range.
- a diagram representing the sequence of matches in a sports tournament, especially as used for making predictions about its outcome.
with the March Madness tournament half the fun is filling out your bracket
- a person's nose or jaw.
a quick punch up the bracket
- enclose (words or figures) in brackets.
I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in the Greek
- place (one or more people or things) in the same category or group.
he is sometimes bracketed with the ‘new wave’ of film directors
- hold or attach (something) by means of a right-angled support.
pipes should be bracketed
- establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it.
late 16th century: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel’, from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural) bracae ‘breeches’.
Information about bracket
- The plural form of bracket is: brackets.
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Hyphenation of bracket
bracket
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- bracket is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bracket synonyms
Meaning a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas:
Meaning a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support:
Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:
Meaning a set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization:
Meaning a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics:
Meaning the action or process of placing into classes or groups:
Meaning a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value:
Meaning arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort:
Meaning a category into which something is put:
Meaning a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality:
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:
Meaning the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated:
Meaning the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method:
Meaning a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time:
Meaning a group of people with a shared characteristic:
Meaning a number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other:
Meaning a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright:
Meaning a pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position:
Meaning a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest:
Meaning a long flat strip of squared timber or metal used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall:
Meaning a length of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building, typically arranged in parallel series to support a floor or ceiling:
Meaning a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it:
Meaning an object that is used to support something:
Meaning a backing, setting, or support for something:
Meaning a device or implement for holding something:
Meaning a flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects:
Meaning a framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things:
Meaning a rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane:
Meaning assign to a particular class or category:
Meaning place in a particular class or group:
Meaning arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type:
Meaning put in a particular position:
Meaning allocate (a job or duty):
Meaning link or combine (something) with something else:
Meaning put together or join to form a pair:
Meaning link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange:
Meaning put a yoke on (a pair of animals); couple or attach with or to a yoke:
Meaning point out the resemblance of someone or something to:
Meaning estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between:
Words that rhyme with bracket
backet, bluejacket, clacket, cracket, empacket, flacket, hurleyhacket, jacket, knickknacket, leatherjacket, lumberjacket, multipacket, nacket, overjacket, packet, placket, racket, redjacket, rejacket, sacket, stacket, straightjacket, straitjacket, tacket, underjacket, lifejacket, Becket, becket, fecket, frecket, pecket, snecket, clicket, counterpicket, cricket, hicket, klicket, midwicket, outcricket, outpicket, pawnticket, picket, preticket, pricket, reticket, ricket, sicket, smicket, snicket, spicket
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