Usually means: Encloses blocks of code, text.
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  1. curly bracket: Merriam-Webster
  2. curly bracket: Collins English Dictionary
  3. curly bracket: Wiktionary
  4. curly bracket: Dictionary.com
  5. Curly bracket: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Curly bracket: Legal dictionary
  2. Curly bracket: Financial dictionary

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  1. curly bracket: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. curly bracket: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (curly bracket)

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

Similar:
parenthesis, superbracket, bracket, roster, junction, vinculum, curl, quandle, member, MathML, more...

Opposite:
straight bracket, square bracket, box bracket

Types:
brace, parenthesis, square bracket, angle bracket, set notation, more...

Adjectives:
period, sem, diagonal, oblique, slant, hatted, diacritical, rem, flush right, diacritic, lead

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Similar:
parenthesis, superbracket, bracket, roster, junction, vinculum, curl, quandle, member, MathML, more...

Opposite:
straight bracket, square bracket, box bracket

Types:
brace, parenthesis, square bracket, angle bracket, set notation, more...

Adjectives:
period, sem, diagonal, oblique, slant, hatted, diacritical, rem, flush right, diacritic, lead



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