bracket
[ brak-it ]
/ ˈbræk ɪt /
noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of bracket
1570–80; earlier also
brag(
g)et (in architecture); of obscure origin
OTHER WORDS FROM bracket
un·brack·et·ed, adjectiveWords nearby bracket
brachyuran,
brachyurous,
bracing,
braciola,
bracken,
bracket,
bracket clock,
bracket creep,
bracket foot,
bracket fungus,
bracket saw
Example sentences from the Web for brackets
British Dictionary definitions for brackets
bracket
/ (ˈbrækɪt) /
noun
verb -kets, -keting or -keted (tr)
Word Origin for bracket
C16: from Old French
braguette codpiece, diminutive of
bragues breeches, from Old Provençal
braga, from Latin
brāca breeches
Cultural definitions for brackets
brackets
Marks — [ ] — resembling parentheses with square corners. Brackets are often used within quotations to distinguish between the quoter's own words and those of the writer being quoted: “He [the president] made a memorable speech at Gettysburg.”