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Plural of bracket

regular plural

The plural of bracket is brackets.

Forms of bracket

Singularbracket /ˈbɹækɪt/
Pluralbrackets /ˈbɹækɪts/
Countablecountable

Brackets in a sentence

  • The public very naturally brackets them all together.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Introduces Some Very Physical Phenomena”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert]...
  • When interpolating an explanatory gloss, please enclose it in square brackets to make clear that it is interpolated.From the entry interpolate
  • Tom always used the grid method for expanding brackets.From the entry grid method
  • Narrow transcriptions are typically enclosed in square brackets.From the entry narrow transcription
  • The scrap yard had bins marked for irony aluminum, such as aluminum engine blocks not wholly cleaned of bolts, studs, brackets, and so on.From the entry irony

Meaning of bracket

  1. noun A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
  2. noun Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  3. noun A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

Full definition of bracket

Questions about the plural of bracket

What is the plural of bracket?
The plural of bracket is brackets.
Is bracket countable?
Bracket is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bracket (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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