Definition of rack

"rack" in the noun sense

1. rack

framework for holding objects

2. rack

rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

3. wrack, rack

the destruction or collapse of something

"wrack and ruin"

4. rack, wheel

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

5. rack, stand

a support for displaying various articles

"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"

6. rack

a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

7. rack, single-foot

a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

"rack" in the verb sense

1. single-foot, rack

go at a rack

"the horses single-footed"

2. rack

stretch to the limits

"rack one's brains"

3. rack

put on a rack and pinion

"rack a camera"

4. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring

obtain by coercion or intimidation

"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"

"They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

5. scud, rack

run before a gale

6. rack

fly in high wind

7. rack

draw off from the lees

"rack wine"

8. torment, torture, excruciate, rack

torment emotionally or mentally

9. rack

work on a rack

"rack leather"

10. rack

seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

11. rack

torture on the rack

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Quotations for rack

To lie at rack and manger. [ Proverb ]

Canterbury's the higher rack, but Winchester's the better manger. [ Proverb ]

rack in Scrabble®

The word rack is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters rack:

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rack in Words With Friends™

The word rack is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters rack:

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Words within the letters of rack

2 letter words in rack (1 word)

3 letter words in rack (3 words)

4 letter words in rack (1 word)

rack + 1 blank (8 words)

Words containing the sequence rack

Words with rack in them (177 words)

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Word Growth involving rack

Shorter words in rack

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Longer words containing rack

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barrack barracking

barrack barracks

bookrack bookracks

bracken

brackish brackishness

crack crackable uncrackable

crack crackback crackbacks

crack crackdown crackdowns

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