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rackA frame or cabinet into which hardware components are mounted. Equipment may be bolted into the rack (see rack mounted), or placed on shelves. Stereo and home theater racks are cabinets with shelves designed to accommodate VCRs, CD, DVD and cassette decks, receivers, amplifiers and set-top boxes, all of which are typically 17" wide. See deck. rack1 1. a toothed bar designed to engage a pinion to form a mechanism that will interconvert rotary and rectilinear motions 2. a framework fixed to an aircraft for carrying bombs, rockets, etc. 3. History an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim 4. US and Canadian in pool, snooker, etc. a. the triangular frame used to arrange the balls for the opening shot b. the balls so grouped rack2 a group of broken clouds moving in the wind How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Finally, he insisted upon having a bowl of rack punch; everybody had rack punch at Vauxhall. At the far side of the room a rack held the swords and firearms of the men. ahab seized a loaded musket from the rack (forming part of most South-Sea-men's cabin furniture), and pointing it towards Starbuck, exclaimed: There is one God that is Lord over the earth, and one Captain that is lord over the Pequod. |
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