braces {...}: symbols used, especially in formal linguistic notation (such as rules), to enclose alternatives. For example, {C, #} and both mean "either a consonant (C) or a word boundary (# [1])". Also called "curly brackets". Compare slash [2] (/), parentheses (...); contrast (square) brackets. [Spanish: llaves]
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