Shelf vs. Rack
Shelfnoun
A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.
Shelfnoun
The capacity of such an object
Shelfnoun
A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
Shelfnoun
A reef, shoal or sandbar.
Shelfnoun
A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
Shelfnoun
A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
Shelfnoun
A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
Shelfnoun
A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.
Shelfnoun
a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
Shelfnoun
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
Shelfnoun
a flat length of wood or rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects.
Shelfnoun
a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.
Shelfnoun
a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf.
Shelfnoun
an informer.
Shelfverb
inform on (someone)
Racknoun
A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
Racknoun
Any of various kinds of frame for holding clothes, bottles, animal fodder, mined ore, shot on a vessel, etc.
Racknoun
(nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
Racknoun
A bunk.
Racknoun
A distaff.
Racknoun
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.
Racknoun
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.
Racknoun
A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
Racknoun
A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
Racknoun
A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
Racknoun
A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
Racknoun
A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
Racknoun
A woman's breasts.
Racknoun
A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
Racknoun
A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
Racknoun
A grate on which bacon is laid.
Racknoun
(obsolete) That which is extorted; exaction.
Racknoun
(algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.
Racknoun
(slang) A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially such proceeds of crime
Racknoun
Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
Racknoun
A fast amble.
Racknoun
(obsolete) A wreck; destruction.
Rackverb
To place in or hang on a rack.
Rackverb
To torture (someone) on the rack.
Rackverb
To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
Rackverb
(figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
Rackverb
To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
Rackverb
(slang) To strike a male in the testicles.
Rackverb
To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
Rackverb
(mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
Rackverb
(nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
Rackverb
To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round
Rackverb
To stretch a person's joints.
Rackverb
To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir
Rackverb
To fly, as vapour or broken clouds
Rackverb
(brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
Rackverb
(of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
Racknoun
Same as Arrack.
Racknoun
The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
Racknoun
A wreck; destruction.
Racknoun
Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky.
Racknoun
A fast amble.
Racknoun
An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something.
Racknoun
An instrument for bending a bow.
Racknoun
A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it.
Racknoun
That which is extorted; exaction.
Rackverb
To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
Rackverb
To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; - said of a horse.
Rackverb
To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.
Rackverb
To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints.
Rackverb
To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
Rackverb
To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion.
Rackverb
To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
Rackverb
To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
Racknoun
framework for holding objects
Racknoun
rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
Racknoun
the destruction or collapse of something;
Racknoun
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
Racknoun
a support for displaying various articles;
Racknoun
a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
Rackverb
go at a rack;
Rackverb
stretch to the limits;
Rackverb
put on a rack and pinion;
Rackverb
obtain by coercion or intimidation;
Rackverb
run before a gale
Rackverb
fly in high wind
Rackverb
draw off from the lees;
Rackverb
torment emotionally or mentally
Rackverb
work on a rack;
Rackverb
seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
Rackverb
torture on the rack
Racknoun
a framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things
Racknoun
a stack of digital effects units for a guitar or other instrument.
Racknoun
a vertically barred frame for holding animal fodder
Racknoun
a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something
Racknoun
an instrument of torture consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied.
Racknoun
a triangular structure for positioning the balls in pool.
Racknoun
a single game of pool.
Racknoun
a woman's breasts
Racknoun
a set of antlers
Racknoun
a bed.
Racknoun
a horse's gait in which both hoofs on either side in turn are lifted almost simultaneously, and all four hoofs are off the ground together at certain moments.
Racknoun
a mass of high, thick, fast-moving clouds
Racknoun
a joint of meat, typically lamb, that includes the front ribs.
Rackverb
cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to
Rackverb
torture (someone) on the rack.
Rackverb
place in or on a rack
Rackverb
move by a rack and pinion.
Rackverb
raise (rent) above a fair or normal amount.
Rackverb
oppress (a tenant) by exacting excessive rent.
Rackverb
(of a horse) move with a rack gait.
Rackverb
go away
Rackverb
(of a cloud) be driven before the wind
Rackverb
draw off (wine, beer, etc.) from the sediment in the barrel
