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bracket Definition

bracket (brak′it)

noun

  1. an architectural support projecting from a wall, as a corbel
  2. any angle-shaped support, esp. one in the form of a right triangle
  3. a wall shelf or shelves held up by brackets
  4. a wall fixture, as for a small electric lamp
  5. either of the pair of signs [ ], or sometimes < >, used to enclose a word or words inserted as for explanation, quantities to be taken as a single quantity, etc.
  6. the part of a classified, graded grouping that falls within specified limits the $30,000 to $40,000 income bracket
    1. the interval between the ranges of two rounds of artillery fire, as one over and the other short of the target, used to find the correct range
    2. such a pair of rounds

Etymology: earlier bragget < Fr braguette, codpiece, dim. of brague, knee pants; ult. < Gaul *braca, pants

transitive verb

  1. to provide or support with brackets
  2. to enclose within brackets
  3. to group, classify, or associate together Grant and Lee are bracketed in history
  4. to establish a bracket for (an artillery target)

bracket Synonyms

bracket

n.

support, angle iron, brace, cantilever, console, corbel, strut, modillion wall bracket, section, L joint, hanging bracket, shelf bracket; see also brace 1.

bracket Usage Examples

Preposition: like

  • filename: Text enclosed in angle brackets like filename is not displayed.

Converse of object

  • mount: Mounting brackets are all ready fitted, they have no adjustment apart from bending the metal bracket, a poor design.
  • fabricate: I played around with the cruise release switches and fabricated some simple brackets ( in the style of the existing brake lamp switch one!
  • fix: Modern washing machine pumps have plastic fixing brackets to they must be earthed with a separate earth wire.
  • weld: There was no way I was even going to attempt to weld brackets to it, down in the depths of the footwell.
  • attach: The unit is installed by attaching the bracket to the windscreen by its sucker - no actual fastening is required.

Adjective modifier

  • curly: In between the curly brackets, there a print statement.
  • square: Items in [ square brackets ] are comments added by myself.
  • triangular: An XML file is a piece of ASCII text that contains tags enclosed in triangular brackets.
  • pointy: Pointy brackets are used to change a word's contribution to the relevance value that is assigned to a row.
  • shaped: My first thought was to use an L shaped bracket but I decided I could use the existing metal in the base.
  • flush: There seems to be a surprisingly large proportion of missing flush brackets on the trig pillars of northern Corbetts.

Modifies a noun

  • fungus: There are also many tree stumps in various stages of decay, some with bracket fungi, others with mosses.
  • expression: The sequence is a single element of the bracket expression 's list.

Noun used with modifier

  • angle: For example, HTML uses angle brackets to enclose HTML tags.
  • gravity-switch: The latch plate is restored by a leaf spring attached to the latch plate and tensioned against part of the gravity-switch bracket.
  • closing: An extra bracket Including an extra closing bracket, or omitting a bracket, is a common mistake.
  • lamp: Also shown were a nice low rear navigation lamp bracket, the post of which was a steel tube THROUGH the diesel tank.
  • shelf: With everything now in position, the shelf brackets can be slotted into position ready to receive the shelves.
  • gutter: Gutter Loads When fitted as recommended by Swish, gutter brackets can be fixed directly to Jumbo boards.