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rack [racks] (series of shelves) noun [UK: ræk] [US: ˈræk] | rastrellieranoun |
rack [racks] (torture device) noun [UK: ræk] [US: ˈræk] | eculeonoun |
rack one's brain (struggle to think of something) verb [UK: ræk wʌnz breɪn] [US: ˈræk wʌnz ˈbreɪn] | arrovellarsiverb scervellarsiverb |
rack railway (railway that uses a rack and pinion mechanism) noun [UK: ræk ˈreɪl.weɪ] [US: ˈræk ˈreɪˌl.we] | ferrovia a cremaglieranoun |
racket [rackets] (implement) noun [UK: ˈrækɪt] [US: ˈrækət] | racchettanounHow much is this racket? = Quant'è questa racchetta? |
racketeer [racketeers] (criminal) noun [UK: ˌræk.ə.ˈtɪə(r)] [US: ˌræk.ə.ˈtɪr] | criminalenoun malavitosonoun |
rackett (double reed wind instrument) noun | cervellatonoun |
angle bracket (type of bracket) noun [UK: ˈæŋ.ɡl̩ ˈbrækɪt] [US: ˈæŋ.ɡl̩ ˈbrækɪt] | parentesi angolarenoun parentesi angolatanoun |
autorack (railroad vehicle) noun | bisarcanoun |
backtrack [backtracked, backtracking, backtracks] (retracing one's steps) verb [UK: ˈbæk.træk] [US: ˈbæk.ˌtræk] | arretrareverb retrocedereverb |
backtrack [backtracked, backtracking, backtracks] (reviewing previous work) verb [UK: ˈbæk.træk] [US: ˈbæk.ˌtræk] | analizzareverb ripassareverb rivedereverb |
backtrack [backtracked, backtracking, backtracks] (taxiing the opposite way down a runway) verb [UK: ˈbæk.træk] [US: ˈbæk.ˌtræk] | |
backtrack (the act of backtracking) noun [UK: ˈbæk.træk] [US: ˈbæk.ˌtræk] | retrocessionenoun |
barrack (a building for soldiers) noun [UK: ˈbæ.rək] [US: ˈbæ.rək] | casermanoun guarnigionenoun |
bracken (any of several coarse ferns) noun [UK: ˈbrækən] [US: ˈbrækən] | felcenoun felce aquilinanoun |
bracket [brackets] (generically any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">") noun [UK: ˈbrækɪt] [US: ˈbrækɪt] | parentesinoun |
bracket [brackets] (item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf) noun [UK: ˈbrækɪt] [US: ˈbrækɪt] | staffanoun |
bracket [bracketed, bracketing, brackets] (To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets) verb [UK: ˈbrækɪt] [US: ˈbrækɪt] | accerchiareverb |
brackish (slightly salty) adjective [UK: ˈbrækɪʃ] [US: ˈbrækɪʃ] | salmastraadjective salmastroadjective |
carrack (ship) noun [UK: kˈarak] [US: kˈæræk] | caraccanoun |
caterpillar track (continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt) noun | cingolonoun |
crack [cracks] (any sharp sound) noun [UK: kræk] [US: ˈkræk] | crepitonoun picchiettionoun scricchiolionoun steccanoun strepitionoun |
crack [cracks] (narrow opening) noun [UK: kræk] [US: ˈkræk] | spiraglionoun |
crack [cracked, cracking, cracks] (of boy's voice: to alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering) verb [UK: kræk] [US: ˈkræk] | mutareverb |
crack [cracked, cracking, cracks] (of voice: to change rapidly in register) verb [UK: kræk] [US: ˈkræk] | rompereverbThe ice is too hard to crack. = Il ghiaccio è troppo difficile da rompere. |