"square bracket" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations. Related terms: angle bracket, brace, bracket, curly bracket, lenticular bracket, parenthesis, ⎴, ⎵ (english: vertical square brackets) Translations (symbol [ or ]): corchete [masculine] (Asturian), квадра́тная ду́жка (kvadrátnaja dúžka) [feminine] (Belarusian), сре́дна ско́ба (srédna skóba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), квадратна скоба (kvadratna skoba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), структурна скоба (strukturna skoba) [feminine, rare] (Bulgarian), claudàtor (Catalan), parèntesi quadrat (Catalan), 方括號 /方括号 (fāngkuòhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 中括號 /中括号 (zhōngkuòhào) (Chinese Mandarin), hranatá závorka [feminine] (Czech), závorka [feminine] (Czech), skarp parentes [common-gender] (Danish), vierkant haakje [neuter] (Dutch), vierkante haak [masculine] (Dutch), blokhaakje [neuter] (Dutch), blokhaak [masculine] (Dutch), rekta krampo (Esperanto), hornklombur [neuter, plural] (Faroese), hakasulje (Finnish), hakasulku (Finnish), crochet [masculine] (French), corchete [masculine] (Galician), კვადრატული ფრჩხილები (ḳvadraṭuli prčxilebi) (Georgian), eckige Klammer [feminine] (German), αγκύλη (agkýli) [feminine] (Greek), szögletes zárójel (Hungarian), lúibín cearnach [masculine] (Irish), parentesi quadra (Italian), 角括弧 (kakukakko) (Japanese), средна заграда (sredna zagrada) [feminine] (Macedonian), tanda kurung siku (Malay), കോഷ്ഠം (kōṣṭhaṁ) (Malayalam), lhoobeen [masculine] (Manx), चौकटी कंस (caukṭī kausa) (Marathi), चौकोनी कंस (caukonī kausa) (Marathi), taiepa tūtika (Māori), crotchet cârré [masculine] (Norman), hakeparentes [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nawias kwadratowy [masculine] (Polish), colchete [masculine] (Portuguese), parêntese reto [feminine] (Portuguese), paranteză pătrată [feminine] (Romanian), paranteză dreaptă [feminine] (Romanian), квадра́тная ско́бка (kvadrátnaja skóbka) [feminine] (Russian), camag cheàrnach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), uglata zagrada [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zátvorka [feminine] (Slovak), hranatá zátvorka [feminine] (Slovak), oglati oklepaj [masculine] (Slovene), corchete [masculine] (Spanish), hakparentes [common-gender] (Swedish), panalikop (Tagalog), köşeli ayraç (Turkish), köşeli parantez (Turkish), квадра́тна ду́жка (kvadrátna dúžka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dấu ngoặc vuông (Vietnamese), bach petryal [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "code": "ast",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hranatá závorka"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "závorka"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "skarp parentes"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "word": "vierkant haakje"
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "word": "blokhaakje"
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "rekta krampo"
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "word": "hornklombur"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "hakasulje"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "hakasulku"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "word": "crochet"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "word": "corchete"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "roman": "ḳvadraṭuli prčxilebi",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "კვადრატული ფრჩხილები"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "eckige Klammer"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "agkýli",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "αγκύλη"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "szögletes zárójel"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "word": "lúibín cearnach"
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "parentesi quadra"
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          "roman": "sredna zagrada",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "средна заграда"
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          "word": "tanda kurung siku"
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          "code": "ml",
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          "roman": "kōṣṭhaṁ",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "കോഷ്ഠം"
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          "word": "lhoobeen"
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "taiepa tūtika"
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          "lang": "Marathi",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "word": "चौकटी कंस"
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          "code": "mr",
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          "roman": "caukonī kausa",
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          "word": "crotchet cârré"
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          "word": "hakeparentes"
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "word": "nawias kwadratowy"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "colchete"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "parêntese reto"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "paranteză pătrată"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "paranteză dreaptă"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "kvadrátnaja skóbka",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "квадра́тная ско́бка"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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          "word": "camag cheàrnach"
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          "tags": [
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
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        "Terms with Malay translations",
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        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Māori translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "strukturna skoba",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "word": "parèntesi quadrat"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "word": "crotchet cârré"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hakeparentes"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nawias kwadratowy"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colchete"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parêntese reto"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paranteză pătrată"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "paranteză dreaptă"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kvadrátnaja skóbka",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "квадра́тная ско́бка"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camag cheàrnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uglata zagrada"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zátvorka"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hranatá zátvorka"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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      "word": "oglati oklepaj"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "corchete"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hakparentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "word": "panalikop"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "word": "köşeli ayraç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "word": "köşeli parantez"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kvadrátna dúžka",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "квадра́тна ду́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
      "word": "dấu ngoặc vuông"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "symbol [ or ]",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bach petryal"
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}

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