bracket.
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
Meaning & usage
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
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. “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc. “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
A diagram of games in a tournament.
A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
One of several ranges of numbers.
tax bracket, age bracket
taxpayers in the $50,000 to $70,000 bracket
A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To support by means of mechanical brackets.
To enclose in typographical brackets.
To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
To place in the same category.
Because they didn’t have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year-olds with the eight-year-olds.
To mark distinctly for special treatment.
To set aside, discount, ignore.
To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).
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