Definition of: bracket

(brak′it) noun
1. A piece projecting from a wall to support a shelf or other weight.
2. A projecting gas fixture or lamp holder, etc.
3. A brace used to strengthen an angle.
4. Printing One of two marks [ ], used to enclose any part of the text.
5. A vinculum.
6. A number of persons considered as a group because of some common characteristics: the high-income bracket.
—v.t.
1. To provide or support with a bracket or brackets.
2. To enclose within brackets.
3. To group or categorize together.
4. Mil. To fire both over and short of (a target). [<Sp. bragueta, dim. of braga <L bracae, pl., breeches]