Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curly bracket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
curly brack-et
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

American usage

noun

Large curly bracket.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

curly brackets (plural)

Phrases

curly-bracket language large curly bracket

Synonyms

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

Questions

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

How to pronounce curly bracket

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