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curly brace

curly brace noun: either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

Noun

curly brace (plural curly braces)

  1. (Commonwealth) Either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.
    Synonyms:
    accolade, (US) bracket, (US) curly bracket, (US) hooked bracket, moustache, mustache, squiggly, pregnant parenthesis
  2. (Commonwealth) Large curly brace.

Synonyms of curly brace

All synonyms of curly brace

Forms of curly brace

pluralcurly braces

Words formed from curly brace

Questions about curly brace

What does curly brace mean?
Curly brace means either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.
What part of speech is curly brace?
Curly brace is a noun.
What is the plural of curly brace?
The plural of curly brace is curly braces.

Words near curly brace in the dictionary

  1. Curlwaa
  2. curly
  3. curly apostrophe
  4. curly apostrophes
  5. curly birch
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