1. [Brit] Either of two punctuation marks, "(" or ")", used to enclose textual material
   "He used round brackets to add supplementary information";
   - parenthesis, round bracket [Brit]
    
2. Either of two punctuation marks (‘[’ or ‘]’) used to enclose textual material
   "The editor used square brackets to insert clarifying information";
   - square bracket
    
3. Either of two punctuation marks ('<' or '>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
   "Angle brackets are used in HTML tags";
   - angle bracket
    
4. A support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
   "They installed wall brackets to support the new floating shelves";
   - wall bracket
    
5. A category falling within certain defined limits
   "The tax bracket for middle-income earners"

1. Place into brackets
   "Please bracket this remark";
   - bracket out
    
2. Classify or group
   "The sociologist bracketed the respondents by age and income"
    
3. Support with brackets
   "bracket bookshelves"

Derived forms: brackets, bracketing, bracketed

Type of: edit, group, hold, hold up, punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit], redact, set, support, sustain

Encyclopedia: Bracket