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braces (noun)

Braces can refer to a dental appliance worn to straighten teeth, or to a type of punctuation mark used in writing, often to enclose supplementary information or in programming code. They can also mean suspenders that hold up trousers.

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B-R-A-C-E-S: Brackets Really Align Crooked Every-day Smiles. This helps you remember the dental meaning and the spelling...

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⚠️ Common Mistakes

Using 'suspenders' in the UK to mean trouser supports. → Using 'braces' in the UK.

Saying 'a braces' for teeth. → Saying 'braces' or 'some braces'.

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