WALL BRACKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wall bracket mean? 

• WALL BRACKET (noun)
  The noun WALL BRACKET has 1 sense:

1. a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

  Familiarity information: WALL BRACKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALL BRACKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bracket; wall bracket

Hypernyms ("wall bracket" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wall bracket"):

angle bracket; angle iron (an L-shaped metal bracket)

console (an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture))

corbel; truss ((architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent))

modillion ((architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice)

sconce (a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light)

shelf bracket (a bracket to support a shelf)