bracket

[ brak-it ]

/ ˈbræk ɪt /

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noun

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.

a shelf or shelves so supported.

Also called square bracket. one of two marks [ or ] used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc.

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.

a grouping of people based on the amount of their income: the low-income bracket.

a class; grouping; classification: She travels in a different social 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.

(on a staircase) an ornamental piece filling the angle between a riser and its tread.

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.

a projecting fixture for gas or electricity.

Gunnery. range or elevation producing both shorts and overs on a target.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with or support by a bracket or brackets.

to place within brackets; couple with a brace.

to associate, mention, or class together: Gossip columnists often bracket them together, so a wedding may be imminent.

Gunnery. to place (shots) both beyond and short of a target.

Photography. to take (additional shots) at exposure levels above and below the estimated correct exposure.

Origin of bracket

1570–80; earlier also brag( g)et (in architecture); of obscure origin

OTHER WORDS FROM bracket

un·brack·et·ed, adjective

Words nearby bracket

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Example sentences from the Web for bracketed

Of note: The bracketed [a] in the titles means that this is an avocado, as opposed to a male [m] or female [f].

Five Subreddits You May Have Missed, and Probably Still Should Give a Miss |Kelly Williams Brown |April 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Focused on the Indian need for appearances, she de-hyphenated her visit from Pakistan and bracketed it with ASEAN.

How Hillary Won Over India |M.J. Akbar |July 27, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
To her great satisfaction, Mabel was bracketed with her for the same day, and Dora Maxwell completed the trio.

A Fourth Form Friendship |Angela Brazil
Bracketed stars are a pair of different colors, discharged together from two pistols.

Visual Signaling |Signal Corps United States Army

Thats what Mrs. Dupont called it when she bracketed his name and mine together on the bulletin-board as Irreclaimable whisperers.

The Last of the Flatboats |George Cary Eggleston
In this and the two following paragraphs the bracketed dates are those of the first performances in London.

Tragedy |Ashley H. Thorndike
The Starhound and the Arrow bracketed her a million miles above the plane of the ecliptic near Saturn's orbit, and killed her.

The Peacemaker |Alfred Coppel

British Dictionary definitions for bracketed

bracket

/ (ˈbrækɪt) /

noun

an L-shaped or other support fixed to a wall to hold a shelf, etc

one or more wall shelves carried on brackets

architect a support projecting from the side of a wall or other structure See also corbel, ancon, console 2

Also called: square bracket either of a pair of characters, [ ], used to enclose a section of writing or printing to separate it from the main text

a general name for parenthesis, square bracket, brace (def. 6)

a group or category falling within or between certain defined limits the lower income bracket

the distance between two preliminary shots of artillery fire in range-finding

a skating figure consisting of two arcs meeting at a point, tracing the shape ⋎

verb -kets, -keting or -keted (tr)

to fix or support by means of a bracket or brackets

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

to couple or join (two lines of text, etc) with a brace

(often foll by with) to group or class together to bracket Marx with the philosophers

to adjust (artillery fire) until the target is hit

Word Origin for bracket

C16: from Old French braguette codpiece, diminutive of bragues breeches, from Old Provençal braga, from Latin brāca breeches

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noun

verb -kets, -keting or -keted (tr)

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noun

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