noun🔗ShareÉtagère, râtelierA series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other"The kitchen has a spice rack with many different jars of herbs and spices. "La cuisine a une étagère à épices avec de nombreux pots d'herbes et d'épices différentes.itemstructurebuildingthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePorte-bagages, galerieAny of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel."The car's luggage rack held all the camping gear for our weekend trip. "Le porte-bagages de la voiture contenait tout le matériel de camping pour notre voyage du week-end.vehiclenauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareChevalet de tortureA device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits."The historical records described a rack used to extract confessions from suspected criminals. "Les archives historiques décrivaient un chevalet de torture utilisé pour extorquer des aveux à des criminels présumés.weaponinhumandevicehistorywarsufferinglawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRéaA piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes."The sailor carefully coiled the rope around the ship's rigging rack. "Le marin a soigneusement enroulé la corde autour de la réa du gréement du navire.nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCouchette, civièreA bunk."The students slept in the dormitory's top rack. "Les étudiants dormaient dans la couchette supérieure du dortoir.itembuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSommeil(by extension) Sleep."After a long day at work, she needed a good rack. "Après une longue journée de travail, elle avait besoin de bien dormir.bodyphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFusoA distaff."The weaver used the wooden rack to hold the flax fibers. "Le tisserand utilisait le fuso en bois pour tenir les fibres de lin.utensilitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCrémaillèreA 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."The bicycle's gears used a chain to turn the rear wheel, and the sprockets on the chain rack were worn out. "Les engrenages du vélo utilisaient une chaîne pour faire tourner la roue arrière, et les pignons sur la crémaillère de la chaîne étaient usés.machinetechnicalpartdeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCrémaillèreA 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."The bicycle's handbrake used a rack to allow the wheel to turn only backward, stopping the bike safely. "Le frein à main du vélo utilisait une crémaillère pour permettre à la roue de ne tourner qu'en arrière, arrêtant le vélo en toute sécurité.technologymachinepartweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn cranequin, un mécanisme comprenant une crémaillère, un pignon et un cliquet, offrant à la fois un avantage mécanique et un rochet, utilisé pour bander et armer une arbalèteA cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow."The archer carefully adjusted the crossbow's rack, ensuring the tension was correct before the hunt. "L'archer a soigneusement ajusté le cranequin de l'arbalète, s'assurant que la tension était correcte avant la chasse.weaponmilitarymachinetechnologyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBois, ramureA set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk)."The deer had a magnificent rack of antlers. "Le cerf avait une magnifique ramure.animalbodynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCarréA cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs."My dad bought a rack of ribs for the barbecue. "Mon père a acheté un carré de côtes pour le barbecue.foodanimalpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTriangleA hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game."The students carefully placed the billiard balls on the rack before starting their game. "Les étudiants ont soigneusement placé les billes sur le triangle avant de commencer leur partie.gamesportitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSeins, poitrineA woman's breasts."The mother gently touched her daughter's rack, reassuring her. "La mère toucha doucement les seins de sa fille, la rassurant.bodysexanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn système d'assurage pour la descente en rappelA friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded."abseil rack"Système d'assurage pour la descente en rappeltechnologydevicesportsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉquipement d'escaladeA climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc."I used almost a full rack on the second pitch."J'ai utilisé presque tout l'équipement d'escalade dans la seconde longueur.sporttechnicalitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGrilleA grate on which bacon is laid."The cook placed the bacon on the rack to cook evenly. "Le cuisinier a placé le bacon sur la grille pour qu'il cuise uniformément.utensilfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareExtorsionThat which is extorted; exaction."The high tuition fees were a heavy rack on students' families. "Les frais de scolarité élevés étaient une lourde extorsion pour les familles des étudiants.economybusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGrilleA set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique."The set of possible lunch choices has a rack, where adding the price of a sandwich and a drink results in a single, unique total. "L'ensemble des choix possibles pour le déjeuner a une grille, où l'addition du prix d'un sandwich et d'une boisson donne un total unique.mathlogicsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMille livres, en particulier le produit d'un crimeA thousand pounds (£1,000), especially such proceeds of crime"The drug dealer was arrested and charged with laundering a rack of cash. "Le trafiquant de drogue a été arrêté et accusé de blanchiment d'un rack de liquide.amountbusinessfinanceeconomyvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMettre sur un râtelier, suspendreTo place in or hang on a rack."The chef racked the finished dishes on the cooling rack. "Le chef a mis les plats finis sur le râtelier de refroidissement.utilityitemactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTorturer, tourmenterTo torture (someone) on the rack."The cruel dictator had the prisoner rack for information about the rebellion. "Le dictateur cruel a fait torturer le prisonnier pour obtenir des informations sur la rébellion.sufferinginhumanactionlawpoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTourmenter, torturerTo cause (someone) to suffer pain."The teacher's harsh words racked the student with guilt. "Les mots durs du professeur tourmentaient l'élève avec la culpabilité.sufferingsensationbodymindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTourmenter, torturer, harcelerTo stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion."The landlord was racking up the rent, making it impossible for the family to afford the apartment. "Le propriétaire augmentait le loyer, rendant impossible pour la famille de se permettre l'appartement.actionbusinesslawindustrysufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePlacer les boules dans le triangle et les positionner sur la tableTo put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table."Before the game, the players carefully racked the billiard balls. "Avant le jeu, les joueurs ont soigneusement placé les boules de billard dans le triangle.sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMartyriser, torturerTo strike a male in the testicles."The bully tried to rack the boy during the schoolyard fight. "Le tyran a essayé de martyriser le garçon pendant la bagarre dans la cour de l'école.bodysexactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChambrerTo (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm."The soldier carefully racked the rounds into the automatic rifle. "Le soldat a chambré avec soin les cartouches dans le fusil automatique.militaryweapontechnicalmachineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChambrerTo move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round."The hunter racked the shotgun, preparing for the next shot. "Le chasseur a chambré le fusil de chasse, se préparant pour le prochain tir.weaponmilitaryactionmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLaver (des métaux, du minerai, etc.) sur un supportTo wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack."The goldsmith carefully racked the silver ore to remove the impurities. "L'orfèvre a soigneusement lavé le minerai d'argent sur un support pour éliminer les impuretés.technicalindustrymachinematerialchemistryprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLier, attacherTo bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc."The sailor racked the two mooring ropes together to secure them tightly. "Le marin a lié les deux amarres ensemble pour les fixer solidement.nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCisailler, faire travailler en cisaillement(structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points)."Post-and-lintel construction racks easily."La construction poteau-et-linteau travaille facilement en cisaillement.technicalstructurebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTorturer, supplicierTo stretch a person's joints."The physical therapist helped the athlete rack their stiff leg muscles. "Le physiothérapeute a aidé l'athlète à étirer ses muscles raides des jambes.physiologybodymedicineanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLambeaux de nuagesThin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky."A thin rack of clouds drifted across the afternoon sky, casting shifting shadows on the playground. "Des lambeaux de nuages minces dérivaient dans le ciel de l'après-midi, projetant des ombres changeantes sur le terrain de jeu.weathernatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFaire avancer rapidement, se précipiterTo drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir"The horse raced across the field, racking up speed. "Le cheval a traversé le champ à toute vitesse, prenant de la vitesse.actionvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFlotter, passerTo fly, as vapour or broken clouds"The low, grey clouds racked across the sky as we walked to school. "Les nuages bas et gris flottaient dans le ciel pendant que nous allions à l'école.weathernatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareClarifier, soutirerTo clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs."The homebrewer racked the beer, separating it from the sediment to prevent further unwanted flavor changes. "Le brasseur amateur a soutiré la bière, la séparant des sédiments pour éviter d'autres changements de saveur indésirables.drinkfoodtechnicalprocessagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAllureA fast amble."The horse took a rack across the field, its hooves barely touching the ground. "Le cheval a pris une allure rapide à travers le champ, ses sabots touchant à peine le sol.actionwayanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAller l'amble(of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace."The horse racked across the field, its body swaying rhythmically. "Le cheval alla l'amble à travers le champ, son corps se balançant rythmiquement.animalvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉpave, ruineA wreck; destruction."The storm caused a rack of the old shed in the backyard. "La tempête a causé la ruine de la vieille remise dans le jardin.disasternegativeeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareJeune lapin, peauA young rabbit, or its skin."The farmer used the young rabbit's rack to make a delicious stew. "L'agriculteur a utilisé la peau du jeune lapin pour faire un délicieux ragoût.animalmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareArakA clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East"My uncle brought a bottle of rack from his trip to Lebanon. "Mon oncle a ramené une bouteille d'Arak de son voyage au Liban.drinkcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareArbre à brosse à dents, Salvadora persicaThe toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica."My grandmother has a beautiful rack in her bathroom, a Salvadora persica, for holding toothbrushes. "Ma grand-mère a un bel arbre à brosse à dents dans sa salle de bain, un Salvadora persica, pour ranger les brosses à dents.plantnaturebiologyagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading