Definition of bracket

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Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..

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Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like..
Becket :: Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope..
Corbel :: Corbel (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture..
Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles..
Crane :: Crane (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A bracket. See Bracket.
Console :: Console (n.) Any small bracket; also, a console table..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
Ancone :: Ancone (n.) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
Miserere :: Miserere (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia..
Bracket :: Bracket (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
Bracketing :: Bracketing (n.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively..
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..
Bracketed :: Bracketed (imp. & p. p.) of Bracke.
Parathesis :: Parathesis (n.) The matter contained within brackets.
Bracketing :: Bracketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bracke.
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like..
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