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   rack

   /rak/

   noun

   • 1. a framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things: "a spice rack"
   • ▪ a stack of digital effects units for a guitar or other instrument.
   • ▪ a vertically barred frame for holding animal fodder: "a hay rack"
   • 2. a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something: "a steering rack"
   • 3. an instrument of torture consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied. historical
   • 4. a triangular structure for positioning the balls in pool.
   • ▪ a single game of pool.
   • 5. a woman's breasts: vulgar slang North American "that chick's got a nice rack"
   • 6. a set of antlers: North American "moose have the most impressive racks of all the antlered animals"
   • 7. a bed. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to: "he was racked with guilt"
   • ▪ torture (someone) on the rack. historical
   • 2. place in or on a rack: "the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses"
   • 3. move by a rack and pinion.
   • 4. raise (rent) above a fair or normal amount. archaic
   • ▪ oppress (a tenant) by exacting excessive rent.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach’ (possibly the source of rack1 (sense 1 of the verb)).

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