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curly bracket

American  
[kur-lee brak-it] / ˈkɜr li ˌbræk ɪt /

noun

  • curly brackets
    plural
  1. Printing. one of two characters { or } used to enclose words, lines, or numbers intended to be considered together.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of curly bracket

First recorded in 1900–05


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