bracket
Tournament grouping chart
The original bracket, a kind of support projecting from a surface, has spawned all other meanings.
Bracket sometimes denotes a grouping of people (age bracket, income bracket).
Some pairs of punctuation marks are called brackets (square brackets, wavy brackets); they bracket the information that comes between them.
In sports, a bracket is a diagram depicting the teams in a tournament.
Curved enclosing punctuation marks
- squareRhombus with right angles
- curlyHaving spiral locks
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- delimiterBoundary-marking character
nesting · pair · open · close · syntax · notation · markup · HTML
Horizontal storage surface
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- flangeProjecting attachment rim
hardware · fastener · screw · anchor · holder · hanger · arm · reinforcement
Embryonic plant capsule
- seedingPlanting or ranking
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- roundCurved like circle
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
semifinals · quarterfinals · knockout · matchup · draw · bye · upset · wildcard
Regular monetary receipts
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- marginalBarely adequate
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- thresholdPoint of beginning
filing · taxable · deduction · regressive · schedule · tier · percentage · adjusted
Wall-mounted structural support
- consoleComfort in distress
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- decorativeServing to beautify
scrolled · carved · supporting · ledge · masonry · stone · wooden · classical
Typographic measurement unit
- enHalf-em space measure
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- sicQuoted verbatim indicator
ellipsis · citation · phonetic · IPA · transcription · clarification · insertion · alteration
parentheses
Curved enclosing punctuation marks
delimiter · nesting · pair · open · close · syntax · notation · markup · HTML · code
shelf
Horizontal storage surface
flange · hardware · fastener · screw · anchor · holder · hanger · arm · reinforcement · metal
seed
Embryonic plant capsule
- seedingPlanting or ranking
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- roundCurved like circle
finals · semifinals · quarterfinals · knockout · matchup · draw · bye · upset · wildcard · playoffs
income
Regular monetary receipts
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- marginalBarely adequate
- rateMeasured speed or charge
threshold · filing · taxable · deduction · regressive · schedule · tier · percentage · adjusted · federal
corbel
Wall-mounted structural support
- consoleComfort in distress
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
decorative · scrolled · carved · supporting · ledge · masonry · stone · wooden · classical · Victorian
em
Typographic measurement unit
- enHalf-em space measure
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
sic · ellipsis · citation · phonetic · IPA · transcription · clarification · insertion · alteration · manuscript
- Soccergoal, soccer, pass, football, goalkeeper
- competitionscontests, tournaments, match, matches, game
- college sportscollege athletics, college basketball, college football, college baseball, NCAA
- Basketball EventsNBA Finals, playoffs, championship, finals, draft day
- fastenersbolt, screw, nail, nut, clip
- hardwaredoor handle, hinge, lock, latch, screw
bracketfreestanding
Not attached to anything
unsupported · detached · self-supporting · independent · floating
bracketdistinguish
Recognize as distinct
differentiate · contrast · individuate · single out · particularize
- tax bracketTaxable income category
- tournament bracketsKnockout competition structure
- playoff bracketElimination round structure
- square bracketsPunctuation enclosing insertions
- income bracketEarnings-based classification level
- age bracketDemographic division by years