Bracket

Definition:

  • (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
  • (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
  • (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
  • (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
  • (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.
  • (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

Compare bracket with other words:

bracket vs. guide

bracket vs. brocket

bracken vs. bracket

bracket vs. racket

bracket vs. plate

bracket vs. holder

bracket vs. parenthesis

brace vs. bracket

bracket vs. miserere

bracket vs. strut

bracket vs. corbel

beam vs. bracket

bracket vs. truss

bracket vs. cantilever

braces vs. bracket

bracket vs. gusset

bracket vs. crotchet

bracket vs. content

actual vs. bracket

bracket vs. existential

bracket vs. exposure

bracket vs. metaphysical

bracket vs. multiple

bracket vs. discount

bracket vs. ignore

bracket vs. mark

bracket vs. distinctly

bracket vs. category

bracket vs. surround

bound vs. bracket

bracket vs. parentheses

bracket vs. parens

bracket vs. number

bracket vs. range

bracket vs. tournament

bracket vs. diagram

bracket vs. character

bracket vs. carriage

bracket vs. ordnance

bracket vs. side

bracket vs. cheek

bracket vs. support

bracket vs. knee

bracket vs. timber

bracket vs. crooked

bracket vs. shelf

bracket vs. fixture

bracket vs. wall

berth vs. bracket