Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Bracket

Bracket-n
1-an L-shaped structure that is attached to a wall to hold up something, for example, a shelf or speaker
2-a shelf that usually has an integral part that attaches to the wall as its support and can sometimes be swiveled
3-either one of a pair of symbols, [ ], used in keying or printing to indicate the insertion of special commentary, such as that made by an editor
Also called square bracket
U.K. term square bracket
4-U.K. (often used in plural) see parenthesis
5. a section of a population or group that falls within specific defined limits

vt
1-to attach brackets to something, especially a wall, or to support something with brackets
2-to put something, especially text or a mathematical equation, inside brackets
3-to group or class things or people together, usually because they are similar in some way

Synonyms
group
set
range
cohort
band
collection
category
grade
rank
sort
kind

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