Racks

Word RACKS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɹæks/

Definitions and meanings of "Racks"

What do we mean by racks?

A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other

Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.

A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.

A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.

A bunk.

(by extension) Sleep.

A distaff.

A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion#, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.

A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.

A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.

A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).

A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.

A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.

A woman's breasts.

A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.

A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.

A grate on which bacon is laid.

That which is extorted; exaction.

A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.

A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially such proceeds of crime

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The word "racks" in example sentences

DELANEY (voice over): Diggers say this collection of what they call racks, is a typical day's haul right now, a fourth less than before the new restrictions. ❋ Unknown (2002)

(voice-over): Diggers say this collection of what they call racks is a typical day's haul right now, a fourth less than before the new restrictions. ❋ Unknown (2002)

What I enjoy the most about these tall tales and big racks is the history of hunting in general, and how things have changed since then ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was looking for bargain racks and never found one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All this said, the number one thing that anyone can do to improve this size of their racks, is to to not shoot the young deer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Capital Bikeshare program locks bikes in racks at 49 stations until a cyclist swipes a membership card to release the two-wheeler and pay for a ride. ❋ Deborah K. Dietsch (2010)

When did such episodes become so much an accepted part of our culture that these forms of tabloid journalism are sold in racks in the places where we buy food for our families? ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Essentially, everything in the original racks is still there,” said Thornton, running through some of the changes and updates. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We have temporarily closed the archives because access to the racks is more limited until the floor is repaired, not because of any collections loss. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It had used CDs in racks out on the sidewalk and posters in the windows behind them advertising bands people have never heard of. ❋ Unknown (2003)

An unscientific survey Friday afternoon of the six racks from the east end of the Downtown Mall to the University of Virginia turned up one bike, in front of the Starbucks on the Corner. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays removed St. Petersburg Times newspaper racks from the stadium because a story spoofed the team while pitching a movie about hurler Jim Morris, a ❋ Unknown (2000)

I send you a pair of card-racks from the Falls of Niagara, - more curious than beautiful; but you will give them a place in your drawing-room anyhow for the sake of one who will ever think of you with affectionate gratitude. ❋ Unknown (1893)

At the start of business each morning, private bankers like Birkenfeld, then a director in the wealth management division of UBS, would check in at combination vaults to pull their "racks" - wooden trays of 4x5 paper index cards that are the Achilles heel of ❋ Unknown (2010)

When they are thus scour'd they drye them in racks strained out wch are as thick set one by another as will permitt ye dresses to pass between, and huge Large fields occupy'd this way almost all round the town wch is to the river side; then when drye they pick out all knots then fold them wth a paper between Every fold and so sett them on an jron plaite and screw down ye press on them wch has another jron plaite on the top under wch is a furnace of fire of Coales, this is the hott press; then they fold them Exceeding Exact and then press them in a Cold press, some they dye but the most are sent up for London white. ❋ Unknown (1888)

I suspect that the reason that you don’t see the bikes in the bike racks is not because they’ve been stolen, but because people are using them. ❋ Unknown (2002)

But never fear, another Halloween will soon come and go, and lest we even try to hold onto our memories of All Hallows Eve, three weeks ago, the candy aisles were already empty, the only costumes left on the racks were the ripped and rejected, and ever since Columbus Day, it's been beginning to look a lot like Christmas! ❋ Unknown (2009)

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