racks

Holders for things

Racks is the plural of rack—frameworks for storage or display, or portions of ribs: We need more racks for the warehouse.

We ordered two racks of lamb.

In vulgar slang, racks means breasts.

In hip-hop slang, racks also means stacks of money: He made racks selling cars.

storage

shelves

Horizontal storage platforms

pallets · containers · lockers · cabinets · drawers · closet · pantry · stockroom · wire · modular

deer

antlers

Branching cervid headgear

trophy · velvet · doe · fawn · herd · venison · hunting · game · rutting · cervine

display

clothing

Body coverings worn daily

garment · merchandise · showroom · fashion · browsing · chrome · freestanding · rolling · circular · tiered

billiards

pool

Collective fund or basin

cue · table · eight-ball · nine-ball · snooker · diamond · tight · arrange · setup

torture

medieval

Of the Middle Ages

Inquisition · dungeon · torment · punishment · pain · confession · execution · restraint

gym

weights

Heavy objects for lifting

power · weight plates · bench · deadlift · powerlifting · bodybuilding · kettlebell · pull-up · cable · spotter

ribs

barbecue

Slow-cook over coals

spareribs · marinade · grill · smoker · St. Louis · glazed · tender · pitmaster · charcoal · hickory

kayak

roof

Building's protective top

vehicle · transport · straps · tie-down · loading · saddles · foam · pads · hauling · cartop

server

datacenter

Facility housing networked computers

blade · mounted · network · switch · router · cooling · cabling · colocation · UPS · rails

Categories
Opposites
storage organization

racksheaps

Large informal quantities

jumbles · clutter · disarray · messes · mess

TORMENT/SUFFERING (verb sense)

rackssoothes

Gently relieves distress

comforts · relieves · calms · eases · relaxes

ACCUMULATION (slang: "racking up")

racksloses

Fails to retain

sheds · depletes · squanders · forfeits · surrenders

Phrases
Family

rack, racking, racked, wracked, wracking, racker, rackful

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG