noun Download 🔗Share A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other Examples : "The kitchen has a spice rack with many different jars of herbs and spices. " item structure building thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel. Examples : "The car's luggage rack held all the camping gear for our weekend trip. " vehicle nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits. Examples : "The historical records described a rack used to extract confessions from suspected criminals. " weapon inhuman device history war suffering law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes. Examples : "The sailor carefully coiled the rope around the ship's rigging rack. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bunk. Examples : "The students slept in the dormitory's top rack. " item building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) Sleep. Examples : "After a long day at work, she needed a good rack. " body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A distaff. Examples : "The weaver used the wooden rack to hold the flax fibers. " utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion#, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it. Examples : "The bicycle's gears used a chain to turn the rear wheel, and the sprockets on the chain rack were worn out. " machine technical part device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow. Examples : "The bicycle's handbrake used a rack to allow the wheel to turn only backward, stopping the bike safely. " technology machine part weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow. Examples : "The archer carefully adjusted the crossbow's rack, ensuring the tension was correct before the hunt. " weapon military machine technology history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk). Examples : "The deer had a magnificent rack of antlers. " animal body nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs. Examples : "My dad bought a rack of ribs for the barbecue. " food animal part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game. Examples : "The students carefully placed the billiard balls on the rack before starting their game. " game sport item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded. Examples : "abseil rack" technology device sport sailing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc. Examples : "I used almost a full rack on the second pitch." sport technical item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A grate on which bacon is laid. Examples : "The cook placed the bacon on the rack to cook evenly. " utensil food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially such proceeds of crime Examples : "The drug dealer was arrested and charged with laundering a rack of cash. " amount business finance economy value Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place in or hang on a rack. Examples : "The chef racked the finished dishes on the cooling rack. " utility item action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To torture (someone) on the rack. Examples : "The cruel dictator had the prisoner rack for information about the rebellion. " suffering inhuman action law police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table. Examples : "Before the game, the players carefully racked the billiard balls. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm. Examples : "The soldier carefully racked the rounds into the automatic rifle. " military weapon technical machine action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round. Examples : "The hunter racked the shotgun, preparing for the next shot. " weapon military action machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points). Examples : "Post-and-lintel construction racks easily." technical structure building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky. Examples : "A thin rack of clouds drifted across the afternoon sky, casting shifting shadows on the playground. " weather nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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