English-Thai Dictionary
bracken
N ต้นไม้ ป่า ton-mai-pa
bracket
N ประเภท ชนิด category pra-phed
bracket
N วงเล็บ parenthesis wong-leb
bracket
V รับ น้ำหนัก ด้วย เหล็ก ฉาก rab-nam-nak-duai-lek-chak
bracket
VT ใส่ วงเล็บ sai-wong-leb
bracketing
N ที่ ค้ำ
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BRACKEN
n.Fern. [See Brake. ]
BRACKET
[Heb. to bend the knee; hence it signifies the knee. ] 1. Among workers in timber, an angular wooden stay, in form of the knee bent, to support shelves, scaffolds and the like.
2. The cheek of a mortar carriage, made of strong plank.
3. In printing, hooks; thus, [].
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BRACKEN
Brack "en, n. Etym: [OE. braken, AS. bracce. See 2d Brake, n.]
Defn: A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott.
BRACKET
Brack "et, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. Breeches. ]
1. (Arch. )
Defn: An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
Note: This is the more general word. See Brace, Cantalever, Console, Corbel, Strut.
2. (Engin. & Mech. )
Defn: A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
3. (Naut. )
Defn: A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
4. (Mil. )
Defn: The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
5. (Print. )
Defn: One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.
6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc.
BRACKET
Brack "et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bracketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bracketing ]
Defn: To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
BRACKETING
BRACKETING Brack "et *ing, n. (Arch. )
Defn: A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
New American Oxford Dictionary
bracken
brack en |ˈbrakən ˈbrækən | ▶noun a tall fern with coarse lobed fronds that occurs worldwide and can cover large areas. [Pteridium aquilinum, family Dennstaedtiaceae (or Hypolepidaceae ).] • (loosely ) any large coarse fern resembling this. ORIGIN Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; related to Danish bregne, Swedish bräken.
bracket
brack et |ˈbrakit ˈbrækɪt | ▶noun 1 each of a pair of marks [ ] used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context: symbols are given in brackets . 2 [ with adj. or noun modifier ] a category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits: those in a high income bracket. 3 a right-angled support attached to and projecting from a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object. • a shelf fixed with such a support to a wall. 4 Military the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range. ▶verb ( brackets, bracketing , bracketed ) [ with obj. ] 1 enclose (words or figures ) in brackets: (as adj. bracketed ) : the relevant data are included as bracketed points. • Mathematics enclose (a complex expression ) in brackets to denote that the whole of the expression rather than just a part of it has a particular relation, such as multiplication or division, to another expression. • put (a belief or matter ) aside temporarily: he bracketed off the question of God. 2 place (one or more people or things ) in the same category or group: he is sometimes bracketed with the “new wave ” of film directors. 3 hold or attach (something ) by means of a right-angled support: pipes should be bracketed. 4 Military establish the range of (a target ) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it. • Photography establish (the correct exposure ) by taking several pictures with slightly more or less exposure. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel, ’ from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural ) bracae ‘breeches. ’
bracket clock
bracket clock ▶noun a clock designed to stand on a wall bracket.
bracket creep
brack et creep ▶noun movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases.
bracket fungus
brack et fun gus ▶noun a fungus that grows on living trees or dead wood, forming one or more shelflike projections that are the spore-producing bodies. Hyphae spread through the wood absorbing nutrients and can cause the death of the tree. [Several families (formerly in the order Aphyllophorales ), class Basidiomycetes. ]
Oxford Dictionary
bracken
bracken |ˈbrak (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tall fern with coarse lobed fronds, which occurs worldwide and can cover large areas. ●Pteridium aquilinum, family Dennstaedtiaceae (or Hypolepidaceae ). • informal any large coarse fern resembling bracken. ORIGIN Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; related to Danish bregne, Swedish bräken.
bracket
bracket |ˈbrakɪt | ▶noun 1 each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context: symbols are given in brackets. 2 [ with adj. or noun modifier ] a category of people or things that are similar or fall between specified limits: those in a high income bracket. 3 a right-angled support attached to a wall for holding a shelf, lamp, or other object. 4 (the bracket ) Brit. informal, dated a person's nose or jaw. 5 Military the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range. ▶verb ( brackets, bracketing, bracketed ) [ with obj. ] 1 enclose (words or figures ) in brackets: (as adj. bracketed ) : the relevant data is included as bracketed points. • Mathematics enclose (a complex expression ) in brackets to denote that the whole of the expression rather than just a part of it has a particular relation, such as multiplication or division, to another expression. • put (a belief or matter ) aside temporarily: he bracketed off the question of God himself. 2 place (one or more people or things ) in the same category or group: he is sometimes bracketed with the ‘new wave ’ of film directors. 3 hold or attach (something ) by means of a right-angled support: pipes should be bracketed. 4 Military establish the range of (a target ) by firing two preliminary shots, one short of the target and the other beyond it. • Photography establish (the correct exposure ) by taking several pictures with slightly more or less exposure. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French braguette or Spanish bragueta ‘codpiece, bracket, corbel ’, from Provençal braga, from Latin braca, (plural ) bracae ‘breeches ’.
bracket clock
bracket clock ▶noun a clock designed to stand on a wall bracket.
bracket creep
brack et creep ▶noun movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases.
bracket fungus
bracket fun ¦gus ▶noun a fungus which forms shelf-like projections on the trunks of living or dead trees, sending hyphae into the wood and sometimes causing the death of the tree or decay of the timber. ●Several families in the order Aphyllophorales, class Hymenomycetes.
American Oxford Thesaurus
bracket
bracket noun 1 each speaker is fixed on a separate bracket: support, prop, stay, batten, joist; rest, mounting, rack, frame. 2 put the words in brackets: parenthesis, square bracket; Printing brace. 3 a higher tax bracket: group, category, grade, classification, set, division, order.
Oxford Thesaurus
bracket
bracket noun 1 each speaker is fixed on a separate bracket: support, prop, stay, batten, joist, buttress; rest, mounting, holder, shelf, rack, frame. 2 put the words in brackets: parenthesis, brace; round bracket, square bracket, angle bracket, curly bracket. 3 I'm now in a higher tax bracket: group, grouping, category, categorization, grade, grading, classification, class, set, section, division, order, batch, cohort, list. ▶verb women were bracketed with minors for the purpose of wage assessment: group, classify, class, categorize, grade, list, sort, set, place, assign; couple, pair, twin, yoke, put together, set side by side, regard as the same, regard as identical, liken, compare.
Duden Dictionary
Bracke
Bra cke Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, feminin , der oder die |Br a cke |der Bracke; Genitiv: des Bracken, Plural: die Bracken, seltener: die Bracke; Genitiv: der Bracke, Plural: die Bracken mittelhochdeutsch bracke, althochdeutsch braccho, zu einem Verb mit der Bedeutung »riechen «, vgl. mittelhochdeutsch bræhen = riechen schnell und ausdauernd laufender Jagdhund
Brackets
Bra ckets Pluralwort Zahnmedizin , die |ˈbrækɪts |Pluraletantum englisch brackets, Plural von: bracket = Klammer, eigentlich = vorspringender oder angesetzter Teil; Latz und über das Romanische zu lateinisch bracae (Plural ) = weite Kniehose (eigentlich = Kleidungsstück mit angesetztem Beinteil ), aus dem Germanischen, verwandt mit Breeches zur Kieferkorrektur verwendete, an den Zähnen befestigte Metallklammern
Spanish Dictionary
bracket
bracket nombre masculino Aparato de ortodoncia consistente en una serie de pequeñas piezas cuadrangulares que van pegadas a sendos dientes y unidas por un arco metálico :de pequeña llevé brackets durante un año .Se pronuncia 'brácket '. El plural es brackets . Se usa a menudo en plural con el mismo significado que en singular .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
bracken
brack en /brǽk (ə )n /名詞 U 〘植 〙1 シダ類 〘fernの大きなもの 〙; (特に )ワラビ (brake 2 ).2 シダ類の茂み .
bracket
brack et /brǽkət /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 〖通例 ～s 〗(語 数字などを囲む )かっこ類 . a. ｟英 ｠丸かっこ, パーレン (round bracket; ｟米 ｠parenthesis ) 〘( )〙.b. ｟米 ｠角かっこ (｟英 ｠square bracket ) 〘[ ]〙.c. 山パーレン, ギュメ (angle bracket ) 〘《 》〙.d. 中かっこ, ブレース (brace ) 〘{ }〙.2 〖通例 名詞 形容詞 の後で 〗(同じ特徴を持つ )階層, グループ, 範囲 ▸ people in the same age bracket 同年齢の人々 3 (棚 ランプなどを支える壁から突き出した )腕木, ブラケット ; (腕木で固定された )棚 .動詞 他動詞 1 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈人 物が 〉 «…と » ひと くくり [まとまり ]にされる, 同一視される, 関連付けられる (together ) «with » .2 〈語句など 〉をかっこで囲む (off ).3 ｟比喩的に ｠〈考え 問題 〉を一時保留にする (off ).4 …を腕木 で固定する .5 〘軍 〙…を 夾叉 （きようさ ）砲撃する 〘標的との距離を測りながら着弾すること 〙.
The Wordsmith Dictionary