"left bracket" meaning in English

See left bracket in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: left brackets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} left bracket (plural left brackets)
  1. (Commonwealth) A left or open parenthesis ⟨(⟩. Tags: Commonwealth
    Sense id: en-left_bracket-en-noun-s3viYwVw Categories (other): Commonwealth English
  2. (US) A left or open square bracket ⟨[⟩. Tags: US Related terms: right bracket Translations (left square bracket): vasen hakasulje (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-left_bracket-en-noun-KAe9SK6H Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'left square bracket': 14 86

Inflected forms

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