bracket

bracket has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
• n.. A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
• n.. A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
• n.. The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
• n.. One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.
• n.. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
• v. t.. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
• n.. a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
• n.. either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
• n.. either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
• n.. a category falling within certain defined limits
• v.. classify or group