Assertion: squiggly bracket | /r/ObjectUse | used in prose
Facets:
value: rarely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Curly brackets { and }, also known as curly braces (UK and US), flower brackets (India) and squiggly brackets (colloquially), are rarely used in prose and have no widely accepted use in formal writing, but may be used to mark words or sentences that should be taken as a group, to avoid confusion when other types of brackets are already in use, or for a special purpose specific to the publication (such as in a dictionary).