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rack


rack - noun

  • framework for holding objects
  • rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
  • the destruction or collapse of something
  • an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
  • a support for displaying various articles
  • a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
  • a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

    • rack - verb

    • go at a rack
    • stretch to the limits
    • put on a rack and pinion
    • obtain by coercion or intimidation
    • run before a gale
    • fly in high wind
    • draw off from the lees
    • torment emotionally or mentally
    • work on a rack
    • seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
    • torture on the rack

    rack - thesaurus

    excruciate   extort   gouge   scud   squeeze   stand   torment   torture   wheel   wrack   wring  

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    Scrabble score for rack

    r is 1 a is 1 c is 3 k is 5
    Scrabble score = 10

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