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Word entry · 7 letters

bracket

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"Tournament grouping"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɹækɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abcekrtStarts with BEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A category, support, or pair of marks around text.

Word origin

From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”).

Used in a sentence

  • To determine if your frame has this bottom bracket type, look for a notched and possibly knurled lockring on the left side (the side without the chainrings).
  • tax bracket, age bracket
  • taxpayers in the $50,000 to $70,000 bracket

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