Definition: Meaning of, rack in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ rak /
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a frame or shelf that has bars or hooks on which you can put things
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the rack a piece of equipment that was used in the past to make people suffer severe pain by stretching their bodies
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on the rackBritish Englishinformal in a very difficult situation
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go to rack and ruin if a building goes to rack and ruin, it gradually gets into a very bad condition because no one has looked after it
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American English a three-sided frame used for arranging the balls at the start of a game of SNOOKER or POOL
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a rack of lamb/pork a fairly large piece of meat from the side of an animal, that contains several RIB bones
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off the rackAmerican English if you can buy something off the rack, you can buy it in a shop rather than having it specially made [= off the peg British English]
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[transitive usually passive] to make someone suffer great mental or physical pain
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rack your brains to try very hard to remember or think of something