Synonyms: bracket, wall bracket
Definition: a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
Similar words: support
Definition: any device that bears the weight of another thing
Usage: there was no place to attach supports for a shelf
Synonyms: bracket, square bracket
Definition: either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
Similar words: punctuation, punctuation mark
Definition: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
Synonyms: bracket, angle bracket
Definition: either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
Similar words: punctuation, punctuation mark
Definition: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
Synonyms: bracket
Definition: a category falling within certain defined limits
Similar words: set
Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth
Synonyms: bracket
Definition: classify or group
Similar words: group
Definition: arrange into a group or groups
Usage: Can you group these shapes together?
Synonyms: bracket, bracket out
Definition: place into brackets
Usage: Please bracket this remark
Definition: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
Usage: Edit a book on lexical semantics; she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages
Synonyms: bracket
Definition: support with brackets
Usage: bracket bookshelves
Similar words: hold, hold up, support, sustain
Definition: be the physical support of; carry the weight of
Usage: The beam holds up the roof; He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam; What's holding that mirror?