The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - bracket n.

1) support, corbel, console: The mantelpiece rests on a pair of stone brackets. 2) shelf: Her collection of glass paperweights was arrayed on a bracket in the sitting-room. 3) category, class, set, group, grouping, classification, division, level; order, grade, rank: He comes from an altogether different bracket of society. --v. 4) classify, rank, group; unite, combine, join, link: I wish you wouldn't bracket her with me - our politics are as different as day and night.