bracket.

A projecting support fixed to a wall or other surface to hold a shelf, roof edge, or similar feature.

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Words that belong together

• shelf bracket
• iron bracket
• carved brackets

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An iron bracket held the lamp clear of the doorway.

The shelf leaned because one bracket had pulled out of the plaster.

Leaf-shaped brackets supported the little roof over the entrance.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Here a physical support; brackets may be decorative as well as load-bearing. Count noun: brackets.