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
brackish
ADJ มีรส กร่อย me-rod-kroi
brackishness
N ความเค็ม
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BRACK
n.An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a breach; a broken part.
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, [].
BRACKISH
a.[Gr. to water. ] Salt, or salt in a moderate degree; it is applied to any water partially saturated with salt.
BRACKISHNESS
n.The quality of being brackish; saltness in a small degree.
BRACKY
a.Brackish. [Not used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BRACK
Brack, n. Etym: [Cf. D. braak, Dan. bræk, a breaking, Sw. & Isel. brak a crackling, creaking. Cf. Breach. ]
Defn: An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher.
BRACK
Brack, n. Etym: [D. brak, adj. , salt; cf. LG. wrak refuse, G. brack. ]
Defn: Salt or brackish water. [Obs. ] Drayton.
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.
BRACKISH
Brack "ish, a. Etym: [See Brack salt water. ]
Defn: Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil. Springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be. Byron.
BRACKISHNESS
BRACKISHNESS Brack "ish *ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.
BRACKY
BRACKY Brack "y, a.
Defn: Brackish. Drayton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
brack
brack |brak | ▶noun Irish a cake or bun containing dried fruit. ORIGIN shortening of barmbrack .
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. ]
brackish
brack ish |ˈbrakiSH ˈbrækɪʃ | ▶adjective (of water ) slightly salty, as is the mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries. • (of fish or other organisms ) living in or requiring such water. • unpleasant or distasteful: the lighting in the movie is brackish. DERIVATIVES brack ish ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete brack ‘salty, ’ from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch brac.
Oxford Dictionary
brack
brack |brak | ▶noun Irish a cake or bun containing dried fruit. ORIGIN shortening of barmbrack .
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.
brackish
brack |ish |ˈbrakɪʃ | ▶adjective (of water ) slightly salty, as in river estuaries. • (of fish or other organisms ) living in or requiring brackish water. DERIVATIVES brackishness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete brack ‘salty ’, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch brac.
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.
brackish
brackish adjective several species of crab inhabit the brackish water: slightly salty, saline, salt, briny.
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.
brackish
brackish adjective the fish lay their eggs in brackish water: slightly salty, slightly briny, saline, salt, salted; S. African brak. ANTONYMS fresh.
Duden Dictionary
Brack
Brack Substantiv, Neutrum landschaftlich , das |Br a ck |das Brack; Genitiv: des Brack [e ]s, Plural Bracks oder Bracken Tümpel, kleiner See; Brackwasser
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
brackig
bra ckig Adjektiv |br a ckig |älter brack, aus dem Niederdeutschen, zu mittelniederländisch brac = salzig, Herkunft ungeklärt (von Wasser ) schwach salzig und daher ungenießbar stehendes, brackiges Wasser
Bräckin
Brä ckin Substantiv, feminin , die |Br ä ckin |mittelhochdeutsch breckin, althochdeutsch breckin (na )weibliche Form zu Bracke
brackisch
bra ckisch Adjektiv |br a ckisch |aus Brackwasser abgelagert
Brackwasser
Brack was ser Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Br a ckwasser |das Brackwasser < Plural: Brackwasser > (im Mündungsgebiet von Flüssen und in Strandseen sich bildendes ) Gemisch aus Salzwasser und Süßwasser
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 〙.
brackish
brack ish /brǽkɪʃ /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(若干 )塩気のある [混じった ], 塩辛い (salty )〈水など 〉; 不快な ; 塩水の [を含んだ ].～ness 名詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary