ALL meanings of bracket
brack·et
B b - countable noun bracket If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example a range of incomes, ages, or prices. 3
- countable noun bracket Brackets are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are fastened to a wall in order to support something such as a shelf. 3
- verb bracket If two or more people or things are bracketed together, they are considered to be similar or related in some way. 3
- countable noun bracket Brackets are a pair of written marks that you place round a word, expression, or sentence in order to indicate that you are giving extra information. In British English, curved marks like these are also called brackets, but in American English, they are called parenthesis. 3
- countable noun bracket Brackets are pair of marks that are placed around a series of symbols in a mathematical expression to indicate that those symbols function as one item within the expression. 3
- noun bracket an L-shaped or other support fixed to a wall to hold a shelf, etc 3
- noun bracket one or more wall shelves carried on brackets 3
- noun bracket a support projecting from the side of a wall or other structure 3
- noun bracket either of a pair of characters, [ ], used to enclose a section of writing or printing to separate it from the main text 3
- noun bracket a group or category falling within or between certain defined limits 3
- noun bracket the distance between two preliminary shots of artillery fire in range-finding 3
- noun bracket a skating figure consisting of two arcs meeting at a point, tracing the shape ⋎ 3
- verb bracket to fix or support by means of a bracket or brackets 3
- verb bracket to put (written or printed matter) in brackets, esp as being irrelevant, spurious, or bearing a separate relationship of some kind to the rest of the text 3
- verb bracket to couple or join (two lines of text, etc) with a brace 3
- verb bracket to group or class together 3
- verb bracket to adjust (artillery fire) until the target is hit 3
- noun bracket an architectural support projecting from a wall, as a corbel 3
- noun bracket any angle-shaped support, esp. one in the form of a right triangle 3
- noun bracket a wall shelf or shelves held up by brackets 3
- noun bracket a wall fixture, as for a small electric lamp 3
- noun bracket 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. 3
- noun bracket the part of a classified, graded grouping that falls within specified limits 3
- noun bracket 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 3
- noun bracket such a pair of rounds 3
- verb transitive bracket to provide or support with brackets 3
- verb transitive bracket to enclose within brackets 3
- verb transitive bracket to group, classify, or associate together 3
- verb transitive bracket to establish a bracket for (an artillery target) 3
- noun bracket punctuation: parenthesis 1
- noun bracket a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc. 1
- noun bracket range 1
- noun bracket a shelf or shelves so supported. 1
- noun bracket punctuation: square parenthesis 1
- noun bracket Also called square bracket. one of two marks [ or ] used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc. 1
- noun bracket support fitted to a wall 1
- noun bracket Mathematics. brackets, parentheses of various forms indicating that the enclosed quantity is to be treated as a unit. (loosely) vinculum (def 2). Informal. an expression or formula between a pair of brackets. 1
- transitive verb bracket put in brackets 1
- noun bracket a grouping of people based on the amount of their income: the low-income bracket. 1
- noun bracket diagram: shows sporting fixtures 1
- noun bracket a class; grouping; classification: She travels in a different social bracket. 1
- noun Definition of bracket in Technology (character) (Or square bracket) A left bracket or right bracket. Often used loosely for parentheses, square brackets, braces, angle brackets, or any other kind of unequal paired delimiters. 1
- noun bracket shelf 1
- noun bracket Architecture. any horizontally projecting support for an overhanging weight, as a corbel, cantilever, or console. any of a series of fancifully shaped false consoles beneath an ornamental cornice. 1
- noun bracket artillery: range-finding distance 1
- noun bracket (on a staircase) an ornamental piece filling the angle between a riser and its tread. 1
- intransitive verb bracket group together 1
- noun bracket Shipbuilding. a flat plate, usually triangular with a flange on one edge, used to unite and reinforce the junction between two flat members or surfaces meeting at an angle. any member for reinforcing the angle between two members or surfaces. 1
- transitive verb bracket join sth with brace 1
- noun bracket a projecting fixture for gas or electricity. 1