braces

Noun

 * 1)  A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
 * 2)  Handcuffs.
 * 3)  A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
 * 1)  A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
 * 1)  A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.

Derived terms

 * belt and braces
 * train track braces

Translations

 * Arabic: مُقَوَّم أَسْنَان
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, aparell dental
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 牙箍
 * Mandarin:, 牙齒矯正器
 * Czech: rovnátka
 * Danish:, tandbøjle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , appareil orthodontique,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kawat gigi,
 * Inuktitut: ᐋᖅᑭᑦᑎᕈᑏᑦ
 * Irish: teanntáin fiacla
 * Italian: apparecchio (per i denti), apparecchio ortodontico
 * Japanese: 歯列矯正器, ブレース
 * Lithuanian: breketai
 * Macedonian: проте́за
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: шүдний аппарат
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: regulering
 * Polish: aparat ortodontyczny, aparat na zęby
 * Portuguese:, aparelho de dente
 * Romanian:, aparat dentar
 * Russian: бре́кеты
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: проте́за
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, , , , brackets, aparatos dentales
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เหล็กดัด
 * Welsh: weiren ddanedd, ffrâm ddannedd