Definitions for brackets

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brackets brack·et

Spelling: [brak-it]

IPA: /ˈbræk ɪt/

Brackets is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 451 anagrams from letters in brackets (abcekrst).

Definitions for brackets

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 brackets

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

Examples for brackets

So there you have it, folks, several foolhardy techniques to fill out your brackets and make a run at office immortality.

She knows he would sit on the brackets with the little statues.

In ward number 23 the oil lamps, stuck in brackets along the walls, smoked.

Your cubicle mates pouring over their brackets with all of the serious intent and fevered diligence of Talmudic scholars.

The pagination of the original edition has in this been indicated by brackets, as .

The brackets on which these figures stood often remain, though the images have disappeared.

When the pins are all inserted the brackets are screwed up by the screws at E.

The entire process of preplanning and printing the hand, brackets, and cuffs takes just over a day.

Sticking with six brackets is supposedly meant to signal that he believes in a little stability and is not a loon.

Some of it was unnecessary giveaways, like making the Bush tax cuts permanent for most brackets.