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curly bracket

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

Noun

curly bracket (plural curly brackets)

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

curly bracket meaning in Assamese, Malay, Indonesian and Thai

curly bracket in Assamese

either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
মাজু বন্ধনী mazu bondhoni

curly bracket in Malay

either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
tanda kurung dakap

curly bracket in Indonesian

either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
kurawal, kurung kurawal

curly bracket in Thai

either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
ปีกกา bpìik-gaa
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curly bracket in Vietnamese
dấu ngoặc nhọn

Synonyms of curly bracket

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Forms of curly bracket

pluralcurly brackets

Words formed from curly bracket

Questions about curly bracket

What does curly bracket mean?
Curly bracket means either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.
What is curly bracket in Assamese?
Curly bracket in Assamese is মাজু বন্ধনী (mazu bondhoni). See Curly bracket meaning in Assamese.
What part of speech is curly bracket?
Curly bracket is a noun.
What is the plural of curly bracket?
The plural of curly bracket is curly brackets.

Words near curly bracket in the dictionary

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  10. curly cue
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