bracket
/ˈbɹækɪt/ noun B2- A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
- Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
- A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
- The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
- “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
- A diagram of games in a tournament.
- A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
- One of several ranges of numbers. · tax bracket, age bracket· taxpayers in the $50,000 to $70,000 bracket
Plural brackets
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Miss Stacy’s photograph occupied the place of honor, and Anne made a sentimental point of keeping fresh flowers on the bracket under it.
He was no longer astonished when he searched on to find in the register this note, placed in a bracket against his name:
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.
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