Synonyms:
bracket, wall_bracket
Meaning: a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
Synonyms:
bracket, square_bracket
Meaning: either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
Synonyms:
bracket, angle_bracket
Meaning: either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
Synonyms:
bracket
Meaning: a category falling within certain defined limits
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
bracket
Meaning: classify or group
Synonyms:
bracket, bracket_out
Meaning: place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark"
Synonyms:
bracket
Meaning: support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves"
Usage examples
He was no longer astonished when he searched on to find in the register this note, placed in a bracket against his name:--
Beneath these lines was written in another hand: "See note above--nothing can be done." He compared the writing in the bracket with the writing of the certificate placed beneath Morrel's petition, and discovered that the note in the bracket was the same writing as the certificate--that is to say, was in Villefort's handwriting.