curly bracket

noun

Either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

Similar
accolade(Commonwealth) brace(Commonwealth) curly brace(US) hooked bracketmoustachemustachesquigglypregnant parenthesis
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Meanings

nouncurly bracket (plural curly brackets)

plural curly brackets

  1. USEither { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

    Synonyms: accolade, (Commonwealth) brace, (Commonwealth) curly brace, (US) hooked bracket, moustache, mustache, squiggly, pregnant parenthesis

  2. USLarge curly bracket.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounEither { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

Similar
accolade(Commonwealth) brace(Commonwealth) curly brace(US) hooked bracketmoustachemustachesquigglypregnant parenthesis
Also see
accoladehooked bracketpregnant parenthesis

Translations

Bulgarian голя́ма ско́ба, къдрава скоба
  • голя́ма ско́ба (goljáma skóba)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • къдрава скоба (kădrava skoba)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • фигурна скоба (figurna skoba)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Catalan clau
  • claueither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Chinese Mandarin 波形括號 /波形括号
  • 波形括號 /波形括号 (bōxíng kuòhào)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Czech složená závorka
  • složená závorkaeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Danish tuborgklamme, tuborgparentes
  • tuborgklammeeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • tuborgparenteseither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • krøllet parenteseither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • akkoladeeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • tuborgeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Dutch accolade
  • accoladeeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Esperanto kuniga krampo, kurba krampo
  • kuniga krampoeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • kurba krampoeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • vinkuloeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Finnish aaltosulje, aaltosulku
  • aaltosuljeeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • aaltosulkueither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • aaltosulkumerkkieither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
French accolade
  • accoladeeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
German geschweifte Klammer, Schweifklammer
  • geschweifte Klammereither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Schweifklammereither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Greek μύστακας, άγκιστρο
  • μύστακας (mýstakas)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • άγκιστρο (ágkistro)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Hungarian kapcsos zárójel
  • kapcsos zárójeleither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Indonesian kurawal, kurung kurawal
  • kurawaleither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • kurung kurawaleither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Irish lúibín slabhrach
  • lúibín slabhracheither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Italian parentesi graffa, graffa
  • parentesi graffaeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • graffaeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Malay tanda kurung dakap
  • tanda kurung dakapeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Polish klamra, nawias klamrowy
  • klamraeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • nawias klamrowyeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Portuguese chave, chaveta
  • chaveeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • chavetaeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • colcheteeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Romanian acoladă
  • acoladăeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Russian фигу́рная ско́бка
  • фигу́рная ско́бка (figúrnaja skóbka)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Slovak zložená zátvorka
  • zložená zátvorkaeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Spanish llave, corchete tipo ballesta
  • llaveeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • corchete tipo ballestaeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Swedish klammerparentes, måsvingeparentes
  • klammerparenteseither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • måsvingeparenteseither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • krullparenteseither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • måsvingeeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Thai ปีกกา
  • ปีกกา (bpìik-gaa)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Turkish küme parantezi
  • küme parantezieither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Ukrainian фігу́рна ду́жка
  • фігу́рна ду́жка (fihúrna dúžka)either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Vietnamese dấu ngoặc nhọn
  • dấu ngoặc nhọneither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Welsh bach cyrliog
  • bach cyrliogeither of the two characters: “{” and “}”
Cite this entry
APA

curly bracket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curly%20bracket

MLA

“curly bracket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curly%20bracket. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curly bracket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curly%20bracket.

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