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bracket

brac·ket

UK/ˈbɹækɪt/ US/ˈbrækɪt/ uncommon obsolete uk us
noun (4) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

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3.

either of two punctuation marks (`<'' or `>'') sometimes used to enclose textual material

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4.

an L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

verb

1.

support with brackets

  • “bracket bookshelves”
2.

place into brackets

  • “Please bracket this remark”
Synonyms
3.

Origin

From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”).

Phrases

  • angle bracket
  • banana bracket
  • birch bracket
  • bottom bracket
  • bracket buster
  • bracket clock
  • bracket creep
  • bracket fungus

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