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Klammer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brace noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
  • bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  • clamp noun A device used to hold or squeeze objects tightly together.
  • clasp noun A fastener with interlocking parts used to hold something closed, like a necklace or bag.
  • clip noun A device used to fasten or hold things together.
  • fastener noun Something or someone that fastens.
  • peg noun A small wooden or metal pin used to fasten, hang, or mark something.

Senses

Klammer is used for these senses in English:

  • brace That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
  • bracket Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
  • clasp (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
  • clip Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
  • fastener Something or someone that fastens.
  • paper clip A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together.
  • parenthesis Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
  • peg Ellipsis of clothes peg.

brace — full definition

  1. noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
  2. noun A pair of something, especially game birds or similar items.
  3. verb To prepare oneself for something difficult or unpleasant, such as an impact or shock.

bracket — full definition

  1. noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  2. noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
  3. noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
  4. verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.

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