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Definition of bracket : 1. A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork.
2. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
3. A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
4. A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
5. An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
6. One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; - called also crotchet.
7. The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
8. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
9. To shoot so as to establish a bracket for ( an object).

Synonyms:

bullet, scaffold, categorize, foundation, screw, genus, apostrophe, fix, angle bracket, cross section, framework, kind, type, wall bracket, stanchion, grade, rank, bracket out, attach, join, characterize, sort, species, order, tier, bullet point, rafter, buttress, joist, ampersand, category, rubric, frame, classify, support, value, gantry, comma, grouping, square bracket, set, division, colon, secure, class, league, group, variety, family, bad break, taxonomy, classification

fasten, weave, baste, knit, lash, connect, zip, couple, tether, plait, sew, bind

interject, intersperse, sandwich, interpose, enlace

corbel, modillion wall bracket, angle iron, strut, L joint, console, cantilever, shelf bracket, hanging bracket, section

hasp, cotter, brace, knitting, stay, anchor, brad, nail, glue, hinge, spike, vinculum, lace, hitch, snap, tie, link, belt, paste, grapnel, hook, cincture, medium, coupling, stitch, fastening, middleman, guy, clinch, fuse, rivet, staple, thread, suture, cleat, connector, string, band, agent, cinch, button, weld, seal, pin, cement, buckle, lock, clasp, twine, hawser, rabbet, binding, ligament, clip, mediator, braid, clamp, fastener, latch, bonding, splice, zipper, closure, binder, bolt, skewer, tack, strap, knot, mucilage, bond, vise, catch, go-between, chain

Usage examples:

• Madunnah handed over the bracket to crown our baggage, and plodded bravely on, often well up to his bare knees in mud and water. - "In the Tail of the Peacock", Isabel Savory.
• He held the door open for her when she was ready to put the biscuit in the oven, and lit another bracket- lamp in order to see her better. - "The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop", Hamlin Garland.
• She looked up consideringly at the old- fashioned iron gas bracket, placed in the middle of the ceiling, just above the wooden chair on which her gracious lady had sat during the last part of their conversation. - "Good Old Anna", Marie Belloc Lowndes.