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BRACKET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

Synonyms:

bracket; wall bracket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bracket" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bracket"):

angle bracket; angle iron (an L-shaped metal bracket)

console (an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture))

corbel; truss ((architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent))

modillion ((architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice)

sconce (a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light)

shelf bracket (a bracket to support a shelf)

Derivation:

bracket (support with brackets)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

Synonyms:

bracket; square bracket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bracket" is a kind of...):

punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)

Derivation:

bracket (place into brackets)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Either of two punctuation marks ('<' or '>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material

Synonyms:

angle bracket; bracket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bracket" is a kind of...):

punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)

Derivation:

bracket (place into brackets)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A category falling within certain defined limits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("bracket" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bracket"):

income bracket; income tax bracket; tax bracket (a category of taxpayers based on the amount of their income)

price bracket (a category of merchandise based on their price)

Derivation:

bracket (classify or group)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Classify or group

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "bracket" is one way to...):

group (arrange into a group or groups)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

bracket (a category falling within certain defined limits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place into brackets

Example:

Please bracket this remark

Synonyms:

bracket; bracket out

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bracket" is one way to...):

edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bracket (either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material)

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Support with brackets

Example:

bracket bookshelves

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bracket" is one way to...):

hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bracket (a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf))

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 Context examples: 

He sprang up on the mantelpiece, could not quite reach it, put his knee on the bracket—you will see the impression in the dust—and so got his knife to bear upon the cord.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No one but an acrobat or a sailor could have got up to that bell-rope from the bracket, and no one but a sailor could have made the knots with which the cord was fastened to the chair.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)