rack
n. countablen. a frame or shelf used for holding or hanging things. You use it to keep items like clothes, bikes, or dishes organized.
n. a framework or stand, often consisting of bars or hooks, designed for holding, hanging, or displaying various objects.
I put my coat on the rack by the door.
The store manager spent the morning organizing the new summer collection on the clothing rack.
The laboratory technician carefully placed the test tubes into the metal rack before starting the centrifuge to ensure no samples were spilled during the process.
From Middle English rakke, rekke, from Middle Dutch rac, recke, rec (Dutch rek), see rekken.
From Old English reċċan (“to stretch out, extend”).
From Middle English reken, from Old Norse reka (“to be drifted, tost”) The noun is from Middle English rak, rakke, from Middle English rek (“drift; thing tossed ashore; jetsam”), from the verb.
From Middle English rakken.
See rack (“that which stretches”), or rock (verb).
See wreck.
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction of rabbock, an alteration ( + -ock) of rabbit.
Commonly used in compound nouns such as 'bike rack', 'spice rack', or 'magazine rack'.