Definition: a structural member used to stiffen a framework
Definition: a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
Main entry: orthodontic braces, brace, braces
Definition: an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
Main entry: brace
Definition: a support that steadies or strengthens something else
Usage: he wore a brace on his knee
Main entry: brace, suspender, gallus
Definition: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
Main entry: brace
Definition: a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
Main entry: brace
Definition: either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
Definition: a set of two similar things considered as a unit
Main entry: couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, pair, yoke, span, brace
Definition: two items of the same kind
Main entry: stimulate, brace, arouse, energise, energize, perk up
Definition: cause to be alert and energetic
Usage: Coffee and tea stimulate me; This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
Main entry: brace
Definition: support by bracing
Main entry: steady, brace, stabilise, stabilize
Definition: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
Usage: brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel
Definition: prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult