ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bracket

/ˈbɹækɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf..

Definitions by Sense

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
(sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.
(sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
One of several ranges of numbers.

Example Sentences

To determine if your frame has this bottom bracket type, look for a notched and possibly knurled lockring on the left side (the side without the chainrings).

Not only does the attachment on the tooth surface (called a bracket) allow the tooth to be moved vertically or tilted, but also a force couple can be generated by the interaction between the bracket and an archwire running through the bracket.

tax bracket, age bracket

taxpayers in the $50,000 to $70,000 bracket

Because they didn’t have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year-olds with the eight-year-olds.

Some villain who knows nothing about it comes into it for money and so the labours of honest mediums get discounted. The public very naturally brackets them all together.

Next, since so much social activity is defined by being bracketed out of the world of ongoing events, it becomes possible that outside such bracketed episodes, […] people are — especially beforehand, but also afterwards — to some extent "out of role", and so off their guard.

SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.

Word Forms

brackets
bracketing
bracketed

Synonyms for bracket

Related Words

When Should You Use Bracket?

Use bracket when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does bracket mean?

Bracket means A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf..

What is a synonym for bracket?

Common synonyms include parentheses, parens, benchmark, bracket.

What is the opposite of bracket?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use bracket in a sentence?

To determine if your frame has this bottom bracket type, look for a notched and possibly knurled lockring on the left side (the side without the chainrings).

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.

ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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Definitions by Sense

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.

Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

(sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.

(sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.

One of several ranges of numbers.

Example Sentences

To determine if your frame has this bottom bracket type, look for a notched and possibly knurled lockring on the left side (the side without the chainrings).

Not only does the attachment on the tooth surface (called a bracket) allow the tooth to be moved vertically or tilted, but also a force couple can be generated by the interaction between the bracket and an archwire running through the bracket.

tax bracket, age bracket

taxpayers in the $50,000 to $70,000 bracket

Because they didn’t have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year-olds with the eight-year-olds.

Some villain who knows nothing about it comes into it for money and so the labours of honest mediums get discounted. The public very naturally brackets them all together.

Next, since so much social activity is defined by being bracketed out of the world of ongoing events, it becomes possible that outside such bracketed episodes, […] people are — especially beforehand, but also afterwards — to some extent "out of role", and so off their guard.

SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does bracket mean?

Bracket means A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf..

What is a synonym for bracket?

Common synonyms include parentheses, parens, benchmark, bracket.

What is the opposite of bracket?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use bracket in a sentence?

To determine if your frame has this bottom bracket type, look for a notched and possibly knurled lockring on the left side (the side without the chainrings).

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.