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"Either { or }, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry."
],
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}
],
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[
"{",
"Unsupported titles/`lcub`#Translingual"
],
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"}",
"Unsupported titles/`rcub`#Translingual"
],
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],
[
"music",
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],
[
"computer",
"computer#English"
],
[
"programming",
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],
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry#English"
]
],
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{
"word": "accolade"
},
{
"word": "brace"
},
{
"word": "curly brace"
},
{
"word": "hooked bracket"
},
{
"word": "mustache"
},
{
"word": "squiggly"
},
{
"word": "pregnant parentheses"
}
],
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kllapa gjarpërore"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "mazu bondhoni",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "মাজু বন্ধনী"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "fihúrnaja dúžka",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фігу́рная ду́жка"
},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "goljáma skóba",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clau"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "波形括號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bōxíng kuòhào",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "波形括号"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "složená závorka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tuborgklamme"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tuborgparentes"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "krøllet parentes"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "akkolade"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tuborg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "accolade"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kuniga krampo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kurba krampo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "vinkulo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "aaltosulje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "aaltosulku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "aaltosulkumerkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accolade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "geschweifte Klammer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schweifklammer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mýstakas",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μύστακας"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágkistro",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "άγκιστρο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kapcsos zárójel"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kurawal"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kurung kurawal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lúibín slabhrach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "parentesi graffa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "graffa"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "golema zagrada",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "голема заграда"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "tanda kurung dakap"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "klamra"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nawias klamrowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chave"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
],
"word": "chaveta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colchete"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acoladă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "figúrnaja skóbka",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фигу́рная ско́бка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vitičasta zagrada"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zložená zátvorka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llave"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klammerparentes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "måsvingeparentes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "krullparentes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "måsvinge"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpìik-gaa",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "ปีกกา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "küme parantezi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "fihúrna dúžka",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фігу́рна ду́жка"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bach cyrliog"
}
]
}
],
"word": "curly bracket"
}
{
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{
"word": "curly-bracket language"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-noun"
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"word": "bracket"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"en:Programming",
"en:Punctuation marks"
],
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],
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"Unsupported titles/`lcub`#Translingual"
],
[
"}",
"Unsupported titles/`rcub`#Translingual"
],
[
"math",
"math#English"
],
[
"music",
"music#English"
],
[
"computer",
"computer#English"
],
[
"programming",
"programming#English"
],
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry#English"
]
]
}
],
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{
"word": "accolade"
},
{
"word": "brace"
},
{
"word": "curly brace"
},
{
"word": "hooked bracket"
},
{
"word": "mustache"
},
{
"word": "squiggly"
},
{
"word": "pregnant parentheses"
}
],
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kllapa gjarpërore"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "mazu bondhoni",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "মাজু বন্ধনী"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "fihúrnaja dúžka",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фігу́рная ду́жка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "goljáma skóba",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "голя́ма ско́ба"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clau"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "波形括號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bōxíng kuòhào",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "波形括号"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "složená závorka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tuborgklamme"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tuborgparentes"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "krøllet parentes"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "akkolade"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tuborg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "accolade"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kuniga krampo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kurba krampo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "vinkulo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "aaltosulje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "aaltosulku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "aaltosulkumerkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accolade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "geschweifte Klammer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schweifklammer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mýstakas",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μύστακας"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágkistro",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "άγκιστρο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kapcsos zárójel"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kurawal"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "kurung kurawal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lúibín slabhrach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "parentesi graffa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "graffa"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "golema zagrada",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "голема заграда"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "tanda kurung dakap"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "klamra"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nawias klamrowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chave"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
],
"word": "chaveta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colchete"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acoladă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "figúrnaja skóbka",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фигу́рная ско́бка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vitičasta zagrada"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zložená zátvorka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llave"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klammerparentes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "måsvingeparentes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "krullparentes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "måsvinge"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpìik-gaa",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "ปีกกา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"word": "küme parantezi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "fihúrna dúžka",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фігу́рна ду́жка"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "either of the two characters: “{” and “}”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bach cyrliog"
}
],
"word": "curly bracket"
}
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