Meaning

2 senses

  1. (US)Either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

    geschweifte Klammer, Schweifklammer

    фигу́рная ско́бкаfigúrnaja skóbka

    фігу́рна ду́жкаfihúrna dúžka

  2. (US)Large curly bracket.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
either of the two characters: “{” and “}”:
Русский
By meaning 1
either of the two characters: “{” and “}”:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
either of the two characters: “{” and “}”:

Forms

plural: curly brackets
Singularcurly bracket
Pluralcurly brackets

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
moustacheB2accoladesquigglypregnant parenthesis(Commonwealth) brace(Commonwealth) curly brace(US) hooked bracketmustache

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcurly-bracket language

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
curlB2curlercurlyB1curmudgeoncurrantcurrencyB1currentB1
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