bracket

bracket
n.
support

1) to put up brackets (on a wall)

mark used to enclose

2) to enclose (a word) in brackets; to put (a word) into brackets

3) angle, broken; round; square brackets

group with similar characteristics

4) an age; income; tax bracket

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['brækɪt]
broken: round
square brackets
tax bracket
to put (a word) into brackets
['group with similar characteristics'] an age
['mark used to enclose'] to enclose (a word) in brackets
['support'] to put up brackets (on a wall)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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