Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curly brace

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables
curly brace
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

noun

Large curly brace.

Inflected Forms

curly braces (plural)

Phrases

curly-brace language large curly brace

Synonyms

accolade (US) bracket (US) curly bracket (US) hooked bracket moustache mustache squiggly pregnant parenthesis

Questions

What does curly brace mean?
Either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

How to pronounce curly brace

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