Definitions for bracket

bracket brack·et

Spelling: [brak-it]
IPA: /ˈbræk ɪt/

Bracket is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in bracket (abcekrt).

Definitions for bracket

noun

  1. a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
  2. a shelf or shelves so supported.
  3. Also called square bracket. one of two marks [ or ] used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc.
  4. Mathematics. brackets, parentheses of various forms indicating that the enclosed quantity is to be treated as a unit. (loosely) vinculum (def 2). Informal. an expression or formula between a pair of brackets.
  5. a grouping of people based on the amount of their income:
  6. a class; grouping; classification:
  7. Architecture. any horizontally projecting support for an overhanging weight, as a corbel, cantilever, or console. any of a series of fancifully shaped false consoles beneath an ornamental cornice.
  8. (on a staircase) an ornamental piece filling the angle between a riser and its tread.
  9. Shipbuilding. a flat plate, usually triangular with a flange on one edge, used to unite and reinforce the junction between two flat members or surfaces meeting at an angle. any member for reinforcing the angle between two members or surfaces.
  10. a projecting fixture for gas or electricity.
  11. Gunnery. range or elevation producing both shorts and overs on a target.

verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with or support by a bracket or brackets.
  2. to place within brackets; couple with a brace.
  3. to associate, mention, or class together:
  4. Gunnery. to place (shots) both beyond and short of a target.
  5. Photography. to take (additional shots) at exposure levels above and below the estimated correct exposure.

Origin of bracket

1570-80; earlier also brag(g)et (in architecture); of obscure origin

Examples for bracket

She walked straight to the silver lamp and took it from the bracket.

Surfers are arranged in head-to-head matchups in a bracket system, and advance with each heat win.

Are you cool with your bracket getting ruined if UCLA wins the national title?

Instantly I put out the light I held, replacing the lamp in the bracket.

Then she moved over to the wall and placed the lamp in its bracket.

It was growing dark in the shop and Jed lighted one of the bracket lamps.

People ask me this: Would you trade UCLA winning the national championship for not winning the bracket challenge?

She spent an hour and a half on her bracket strategy, trying to pin down what kind of girl Galavis would be interested in.

Do you fill out one bracket or different brackets for each pool?

His foot was propped by a bracket of quartz rock, balanced on the verge of the precipice.

Word Value for bracket
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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