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bracket

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1. bracket - Noun

2. bracket - Verb

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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.

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.

A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.

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.

A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.

To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

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Please bracket this remark Source: Internet

bracket bookshelves Source: Internet

A bracket is an additional vertical line joining staves, to show groupings of instruments that function as a unit, such as the string section of an orchestra. Source: Internet

“Additionally, a major change to the Knockout Phase, which follows the Group Stage, will see teams on opposite sides of the bracket meet from the Quarterfinals onwards. Source: Internet

A bracket attached to the reel that allows it to be rotated 90° to the rod for casting and returned to a position to retrieve line. Source: Internet

Add the winners to the 166 teams who get a bye — yes, it’s a lot of byes — and you get 256 teams remaining in the bracket. Source: Internet

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