Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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.