Definitions for wrackræk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wrackræk(n.)
damage or destruction:
wrack and ruin.
wreck or wreckage.
a trace of something destroyed:
leaving not a wrack behind.
seaweed or other vegetation cast on the shore.
(v.t.)to wreck:
He wracked the car up on the river road.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of wrack:
bef. 900; ME wrak (n.), OE wræc vengeance, misery, akin to wracu vengeance, misery, wrecan to wreak
wrackræk(n.; v.i.)
Category: Meteorology
Ref: rack4. 4
Princeton's WordNet
wrack(noun)
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
wrack, rack(noun)
the destruction or collapse of something
"wrack and ruin"
sea wrack, wrack(verb)
growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
bust up, wreck, wrack(verb)
smash or break forcefully
"The kid busted up the car"
Webster Dictionary
Wrack(noun)
a thin, flying cloud; a rack
Wrack(verb)
to rack; to torment
Wrack(noun)
wreck; ruin; destruction
Wrack(noun)
any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores
Wrack(noun)
coarse seaweed of any kind
Wrack(verb)
to wreck
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