bracketlike

English

Etymology

From bracket +‎ -like.

Adjective

bracketlike (comparative more bracketlike, superlative most bracketlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bracket.
   • 2008 March 30, Benjamin Wallace-Wells, “A Case of the Blues”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 October 2025:

     For the past decade, the politics of the country has been defined by this map — a conservative heartland and two bracketlike liberal coasts.