curly bracket

Wavy vertical parenthesis

A curly bracket is either of the paired punctuation marks , used in programming to enclose blocks of code, in mathematics to denote sets, and in writing to group items or indicate optional elements.

Also called a brace.

The opening bracket is the left curly bracket; the closing is the right.

mathematics

brace

Device providing structural stability

union · intersection · element · sequence · series · matrix · vector · combinatorics · permutation · grouping

punctuation

brace

Device providing structural stability

delimiter · parentheses · quotation marks · nesting · font · ASCII · character · symbol

coding

syntax

Rules for arranging words

  • braceDevice providing structural stability
  • JavaScriptWeb programming language
  • JSONLightweight data interchange format

CSS · PHP · Python · Ruby · C++ · Java · functions · variables · objects · arrays

music

brace

Device providing structural stability

orchestral score · system · notation · staves · treble clef · bass clef · choral music · sheet music

Opposites
bracket type

curly bracketsquare bracket

Angular enclosure mark

parenthesis · round bracket · angle bracket · chevron · brace

Family

curly, curl, bracket, curls, curled, curling, curlier, curliest, curliness

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