Rack

Noun

 * 1) A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
 * 2) A frame on which to hang various items.
 * 3) A device used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
 * 4) A pair of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
 * 5) A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs
 * I bought a rack of lamb at the butcher's yesterday.
 * 1)  A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
 * See
 * 1)  A woman's breasts.
 * She's so perfect, man. Her personality, her looks- speaking of which, you should see her rack. Not only are her tits amazing, but her mom's are, too!
 * 1)  A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with 5 or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded. Also rappel rack, abseil rack.
 * 2)  A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, karabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
 * I used almost a full rack on the second pitch.

Derived terms

 * bike rack
 * cheese rack/cheese-rack
 * spice rack
 * roof rack
 * toast rack

Verb

 * 1) To place in or hang on a rack
 * 2)  To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
 * 3)  To strike a male in the groin with the knee.
 * 4) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.

Verb

 * 1) stretch joints of a person

Derived terms

 * rack one's brain

Verb

 * 1) To fly, as vapour or broken clouds

Verb

 * 1)  To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

Adjectives for Rack
fierce; low-trailing; cruel; commercialized; money-lending; corporeal.

Thesaurus
Chateaubriand, Hydromatic, Procrustean bed, adversity, afflict, affliction, agonize, agony, ail, amble, andante, anguish, archives, armory, arsenal, atrocious pain, attic, automatic transmission, bank, barge, basement, batter, bay, beat, bed of Procrustes, beleaguer, bin, bite, blade roast, bloody, bonded warehouse, bookcase, boot, bowl along, box, breast, brisket, bundle, bunker, burn, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chafe, chest, chuck, chuck roast, claudication, claw, clawing, clod, closet, clump, cogwheel, cold cuts, confinement, conservatory, convulse, crate, crawl, creep, crib, cruciation, crucifixion, crucify, cupboard, cut, damage, dead march, depository, depot, differential, differential gear, dismember, dismemberment, distress, dock, dogtrot, drag, draw and quarter, drawer, droop, dump, estrapade, exchequer, excruciate, excruciation, fester, filet mignon, flank, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, frame, framework, freewheel, fret, funeral march, gait, gall, galleys, gallop, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, give pain, glory hole, gnaw, godown, grate, grill, grind, gripe, halt, harass, hard labor, harrow, haul, heave, hell, hell upon earth, high, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hold, holder, holocaust, hop, horror, hurt, hutch, impale, impalement, imprisonment, incarceration, inflame, inflict pain, intermediate, iron heel, irritate, jailing, jog, jog trot, jolt, jump, keelhaul, keelhauling, kill by inches, knuckle, lacerate, laceration, lancinate, lancination, leisurely gait, library, limp, lock step, locker, loin, low, lumber, lumber room, lumbering pace, lumberyard, lunge, lurch, macerate, magasin, magazine, martyr, martyrdom, martyrization, martyrize, mince, mincing steps, misery, neutral, nightmare, nip, oppress, overdrive, overexert, overexertion, overextend, overextension, overstrain, overstress, overtax, overtaxing, pace, paddle, pain, passion, peg, penal servitude, persecute, persecution, piaffe, piaffer, picket, picketing, pierce, pinch, plague, plate, plate piece, plod, pot roast, prance, press, prick, prolong the agony, pull, punish, purgatory, put to torture, railriding, rankle, rasp, repertory, repository, reservoir, reverse, rib roast, ribs, rick, rip, roast, rock pile, roll, rolled roast, round, rub, rump, rump roast, saddle, sashay, saunter, savage, scaffold, scaffolding, scarify, scarpines, scourge, screw, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shank, shelf, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, sirloin, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, stab, stack, stack room, stagger, stalk, stamp, stand, standard transmission, step, stick shift, sting, stock room, stomp, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, straddle, straggle, strain, strain every nerve, straining, strappado, stress, stress and strain, stressfulness, stretch, stretcher, stride, stroll, strolling gait, structure, strut, stump, suffering, supply base, supply depot, support, swagger, sweat blood, swing, synchromesh, tank, tar and feather, tar-and-feathering, tax, taxing, tenderloin, tense, tension, the gantlet, thumbscrew, tittup, toddle, torment, torture, totter, traipse, transmission, tread, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, trestle, trip, trot, trudge, try, tug, tweak, twist, vat, vault, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, warehouse, wheel, wiggle, wine cellar, wobble, wound, wrench, wring

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/r\{k/}}

Etymology 2
reccan:

Etymology 3
Probably from reka:

Etymology 4
rakken:

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Regal


 * Italian: rastrelliera
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: дыба
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Swedish: (for clothing) klädhängare


 * French:
 * Polish: żeberka


 * Swedish: revbensspjäll


 * Finnish: rintavarustus (literally "chest equipment"), rinnat


 * Swedish: hylla (literally "shelf")

Verb

 * Dutch: klaren

Anagrams

 * cark