Bracket
11bracket — I UK [ˈbrækɪt] / US [ˈbrækət] noun [countable] Word forms bracket : singular bracket plural brackets * 1) a) bracket or round bracket British one of a pair of symbols ( ), used in writing or mathematics for showing that the piece of information… …
12bracket — a support device which is often a right angled shape. Also see bilge bracket bottom bracket bumper bracket drive end bracket end bracket fender support bracket margin bracket slip ring end bracket spring …
13bracket — /ˈbrækət / (say brakuht) noun 1. a wooden, metal, etc., support of triangular outline placed under a shelf or the like. 2. a shelf or shelves supported by a bracket. 3. Architecture an ornamental projection from the face of a wall intended to… …
14bracket — /brak it/, n. 1. 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. 2. a shelf or shelves so supported. 3. Also called square bracket. one of two marks [ or ] used in… …
15bracket — brack|et1 [ˈbrækıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: braguette codpiece , from brague trousers , from Latin braca; because of the way a bracket (3) sticks out] 1.) [usually plural] also round bracket BrE one of the pair of signs put around… …
16bracket — {{11}}bracket (n.) 1570s, bragget, probably from M.Fr. braguette codpiece armor (16c.), from a fancied resemblance of that article to architectural supports (Spanish cognate bragueta meant both codpiece and bracket ), dim. of brague knee pants,… …
17bracket — noun 1 brackets (esp. BrE) marks around extra information in writing ⇨ See also ↑parenthesis ADJECTIVE ▪ angle (BrE, AmE), curly (also braces, esp. in AmE), round, square (just brackets in AmE) …
18bracket — brack|et1 [ brækət ] noun count * 1. ) one of the groups that people or things are divided into, according to a feature such as income: people in the $75,000 $100,000 bracket 2. ) one of a pair of symbols , used in writing or mathematics for… …
19bracket — 1 noun (C) 1 (usually plural) a) BrE also round bracket one of the pair of signs () put around words to show that the rest of the writing can be read and understood without these words; parenthesis AmE: in brackets: Last year s sales figures are… …
20bracket — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle French braguette codpiece, from diminutive of brague breeches, from Old Occitan braga, from Latin braca, of Celtic origin more at breech Date: 1580 1. an overhanging member that projects from a structure (as …
