racknoun
uk/ræk/us/ræk/rack noun (FRAME)
[ C ] a frame or shelf, often formed of bars, that is used to hold things:
[ C ] US UK frame a wooden or plastic triangle used to arrange the balls at the start of a game of billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
in the past, a device to which people were tied that stretched their bodies by pulling their arms in one direction and their legs in the other direction, usually used as a way of forcing them to give information
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Frames & structures
- armature
- assembly
- bezel
- carcass
- clothes hanger
- clothes horse
- coat hanger
- construction
- frame
- framework
- gantry
- hanger
- honeycomb
- infrastructure
- shell
- skeleton
- stand
- structural
- structure
- substructure
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rack noun (MEAT)
[ C or U ] a large piece of meat cut from the neck of a sheep or pig:
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Cuts of meat
- boneless
- braising steak
- brisket
- chop
- chuck steak
- chump chop
- flank steak
- flitch
- ground beef
- hamburger
- jerky
- medallion
- nugget
- rasher
- rib
- saddle
- schnitzel
- silverside
- sirloin (steak)
- spare ribs
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rack noun (MACHINE)
[ C ] a bar with tooth-like parts along one edge that fits into a pinion (= a wheel with tooth-like parts) allowing change between circular and straight-line movement
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Machines - parts
- ball bearing
- bearing
- clutch
- cog
- cogwheel
- hub
- inlet
- input
- jet
- lever
- manifold
- pedal
- rack and pinion
- ram
- ratchet
- soft key
- stepney
- timer
- vee belt
- wheel
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rack noun (DECAY)
a state of decay:
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Decaying and staying fresh
- best-before date
- biodegradable
- biodegrade
- compostable
- decay
- decompose
- go off
- keep
- molder
- out of date
- perish
- perishable
- pull date
- putrefaction
- putrefy
- seed
- sell-by date
- shrivel
- spoil
- wormy
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Idiom(s)
rackverb [ T often passive ]
uk/ræk/us/ræk/to cause physical or mental pain, or trouble, to someone or something:
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painfully
- racking
- shooting pains
- sore
- suffering
- tender
- throb
- torment
- wince
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