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Bracket   /brˈækɪt/   Listen
Bracket

noun
1.
A category falling within certain defined limits.
2.
Either of two punctuation marks ('<' or '>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material.  Synonym: angle bracket.
3.
Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material.  Synonym: square bracket.
4.
A support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf).  Synonym: wall bracket.
verb
(past & past part. bracketed; pres. part. bracketing)
1.
Support with brackets.
2.
Place into brackets.  Synonym: bracket out.
3.
Classify or group.



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"Bracket" Quotes from Famous Books



... which he lighted and set on a bracket on the wall gave out a faint flickering light, which barely rendered darkness visible, and from its position threw parts of the chamber into deepest gloom. It looked not unlike what we suppose would be the laboratory of an alchemist of the olden time, and McCoy himself, ...
— The Lonely Island - The Refuge of the Mutineers • R.M. Ballantyne
... was done with sixteen hydraulic jacks. Temporary brackets were fastened to the outside of the caisson. A 100-ton hydraulic jack was placed under each alternate bracket and under each of the others there was blocking. The jacks were connected to a high-pressure pump in the power-house. As the jacks lifted the caisson, the blocking was set for a lower position, to which the caisson settled as the ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 • James H. Brace, Francis Mason and S. H. Woodard
... alternating current from the power house through cables carried on opposite sides of the subway. To protect the lead sheaths of the cables against damage by electrolysis, rubber insulating pieces 1/6 of an inch in thickness are placed between the sheaths and the iron bracket supports ...
— The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment • Anonymous
... this oiling. Captain George on the c. p. winks and points to the portrait of a singularly attractive maiden pinned up on Tim's telescope bracket above the steering-wheel. ...
— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling
... space was now shoulder-deep. The corporal could hear the stout bulkhead groaning under the pressure. Fixing the lantern on a bracket he dived, groping with both hands for the keys. At length he found them, and threw open ...
— The Submarine Hunters - A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War • Percy F. Westerman


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