bracket
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelfA fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
» Open the brackets in the equation.
Раскройте скобки в уравнении.
Розкрийте дужки у рівнянні.
Meaning
13 sensesA fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
Winkel, Träger, Konsole
кронште́йнkronštɛ́jn, подпо́ркаpodpórka
кронште́йнkronštéjn
a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
Halter, Konsole, Klammer
A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
Ständer
The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
(UK)“(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
(US)“[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
Klammer
ско́бкаskóbka
ду́жкаdúžka
A diagram of games in a tournament.
Turnierbaum
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
Gruppe, Stufe, Klasse
A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
Examples
16 sentencesOpen the brackets in the equation.
Розкрийте дужки у рівнянні.
ruРаскройте скобки в уравнении.
Translate the words between the brackets.
ruПереведите слова в скобках.
deÜbersetzen Sie die Wörter zwischen den Klammern.
Please write a word between the brackets.
deBitte schreiben Sie ein Wort zwischen die Klammern.
I told them to use parentheses, not brackets.
ruЯ сказал им использовать круглые скобки, а не квадратные.
Her income puts her into the highest tax bracket.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 4
Origin
From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nFrom earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”).
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Forms
plural: bracketsSynonyms
7 synonyms- a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf):wall bracket
- either of two punctuation marks (‘[’ or ‘]’) used to enclose textual material:square bracket
- either of two punctuation marks (‘<’ or ‘>’) used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material:angle bracket