Bracket

n.	1.
	1.	(Arch.) 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.
	2.	(Engin. & Mech.) 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.
	3.	(Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
	4.	(Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
	5.	(Print.) 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.
	6.	A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
	7.	(Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; - only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. Bracket light a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc.
v. t.	1.	To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. [imp. & p. p. Bracketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bracketing]
	2.	(Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object).

Noun	1.	bracket - a category falling within certain defined limits
	2.	bracket - either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material Synonyms: square bracket
	3.	bracket - either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') sometimes used to enclose textual material Synonyms: angle bracket
	4.	bracket - an L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
Verb	1.	bracket - support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves"
	2.	bracket - place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark" Synonyms: bracket out
	3.	bracket - classify or group

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bracket - (Or square bracket) A left bracket or right bracket. Often used loosely for parentheses, square brackets, braces, angle brackets, or any other kind of unequal paired delimiters.

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