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Noun bracket has 4 senses

bracket - a category falling within certain defined limits
--₁ is a kind of set
--₁ has particulars: income bracket, tax bracket, income tax bracket; price bracket
Derived form: verb bracket₃
bracket, square bracket - either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
--₂ is a kind of punctuation, punctuation mark

Derived form: verb bracket₂
angle bracket, bracket - either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') sometimes used to enclose textual material
--₃ is a kind of punctuation, punctuation mark

Derived form: verb bracket₂
bracket - an L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
--₄ is a kind of support
--₄ has particulars:
angle bracket, angle iron; console; corbel, truss; modillion; shelf bracket

Derived form: verb bracket₁

Verb bracket has 3 senses

bracket - support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves"
--₁ is one way to hold, support, sustain, hold up

Derived form: noun bracket₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
bracket, bracket out - place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark"
--₂ is one way to edit, redact

Derived forms: noun bracket₃, noun bracket₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
bracket - classify or group
--₃ is one way to group

Derived form: noun bracket₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something with something