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wracks

The correct spelling is wracks.

How to pronounce wracks

verb

Say it like: Rak-s

The correct spelling is wracks. To place in or hang on a rack. For example: "Post-and-lintel construction racks easily."

Usage Examples

Post-and-lintel construction racks easily.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To place in or hang on a rack.
  2. 2.To torture (someone) on the rack.
  3. 3.To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
  4. 4.To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
  5. 5.To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.

noun

  1. 1.Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
  2. 2.(except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.
  3. 3.The remains; a wreck.
  4. 4.Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
  5. 5.Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.

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