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rack noun

  /ɹæk/
  • A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
 Regal
  • (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
 Streckbank
  • (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
 Holz vor der Hütte

rack verb

  /ɹæk/
  • (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
 abstechen
rack one's brain
sich den Kopf zerbrechen
coat rack
Kleiderständer, Garderobenständer
roof rack
Dachgepäckträger
luggage rack
Gepäckablage, Gepäckträger
rack railway
Zahnradbahn
bike rack
Fahrradständer
cycle rack
Fahrradständer
hit the rack
in die Federn
rack one's brains
sich den Kopf zerbrechen
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