square bracket

noun

: bracket sense 3a

Examples of square bracket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Mar. 2026

Copy and paste the prompts, personalize the square brackets, and get your plan to get started today. — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024

The square brackets that conventionally indicate the first line of an untitled poem here surround an ellipsis, the typographical mark of omission. — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for square bracket

• jacket
• packet
• racket
• racquet
• straitjacket

Kids Definition

square bracket

noun

: bracket entry 1 sense 3a