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   Rack

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   noun

   • 1. a framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things: "a spice rack"
   • ▪ a stack of digital effects units for a guitar or other instrument.
   • ▪ a vertically barred frame or wagon for holding animal fodder: "a hay rack"
   • 2. a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something: "a steering rack"
   • 3. an instrument of torture consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied. historical
   • 4. a triangular structure for positioning the balls in pool.
   • ▪ a single game of snooker.
   • 5. a woman's breasts: vulgar slang North American "Arnie's woman is kinda bossy, but she's got a nice rack"
   • 6. a set of antlers: North American "moose have the most impressive racks of all the antlered animals"
   • 7. a bed. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. cause extreme physical or mental pain to; subject to extreme stress: "he was racked with guilt"
   • ▪ torture (someone) on the rack. historical
   • 2. place in or on a rack: "the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses"
   • 3. raise (rent) above a fair or normal amount. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach’ (possibly the source of rack1 (sense 1 of the verb)).

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   • (often in compounds) a piece of equipment, usually made of metal or wooden bars, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on a wine/plate/magazine rack I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the store. Remove the cakes from the oven and cool on a wire rack. see luggage rack, roof rack, towel rack

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   • Word forms: racks plural3rd person singular present tense, racking present participle, racked past tense past participle language note: The spelling wrack is also used for meanings [sense 2] and , [sense 3]. A rack is a frame or shelf, usually with bars or hooks, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on.

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   Rack definition, a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack. See more.

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   4 days ago · rack in American English. (ræk ) noun. 1. the neck or forepart of the spine, especially of mutton or pork. 2. the rib section of lamb, usually including eight or nine pairs of ribs, used for a roast or for rib chops. : in full rack of lamb. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   1 (often in compounds) a piece of equipment, usually made of metal or wooden bars, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on a wine/plate/magazine rack I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the store. Remove the cakes from the oven and cool on a wire rack. see luggage rack, roof rack, towel rack

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   RACK meaning: 1 : a frame or stand that has shelves, hooks, slots, etc., in which or on which you place things; 2 : a machine used in the past to hurt people by stretching their bodies sometimes used figuratively