Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: rack
IPA transcription: [ɹ'æk]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: rack
    Meaning: framework for holding objects
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: single-foot, rack
    Meaning: go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
  • Synonyms: rack
    Meaning: stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
Usage examples
  • The breast and rack are good roasted.
  • Fetch down the staves of the rack, my boy.
  • "I can't bear it!" and over went her head on the music rack.
  • When not in use the music rack and top should be closed to exclude dust.
  • "In God's name, Lady Mary, that is not it," answered Brandon, who was on the rack.
  • He threw her her spacesuit and one of the emergency bottles of oxygen from the rack.
  • The breast also is good made into a pot pie, and the rack cut into small pieces and broiled.
  • Mr. Tebrick went downstairs, and taking his gun from the rack loaded it and went out into the yard.
  • Meanwhile home affairs had gone to rack and ruin. His father abandoned the home, and later died abroad.
  • A triumph when temptation's bribe Is slowly handed back, One eye upon the heaven renounced And one upon the rack.