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Definitions of bracket
  1. verb
    place into brackets
    "Please bracket this remark"

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  2. noun
    either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

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  3. noun
    a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

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  4. noun
    either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material

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  5. noun
    a category falling within certain defined limits
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    set
  6. verb
    classify or group
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  7. verb
    support with brackets
    "bracket bookshelves"
Definition that contains bracket
  • console an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
  • deduction a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
  • bracket place into brackets
  • bracket support with brackets
  • truss (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
  • sconce a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
  • bracket creep a movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases
  • tax write-off a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
  • hymenomycetes used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi
  • fomes genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
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