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Definition of "wrack" []

  • Destruction or ruin. (noun)
  • A remnant or vestige of something destroyed. (noun)
  • Wreckage, especially of a ship cast ashore. (noun)
  • Chiefly British Violent destruction of a building or vehicle. (noun)
  • Dried seaweed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wrack" in a sentence
  • "Wrack as a noun generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin."
  • "I think it's called wrack line because "wrack" is another name for marine vegetation -- a lot of seaweeds have wrack in the name -- but it may also come from wrack as in remnants of wreckage and destruction as in "gone to wrack and ruin.""
  • "Mr. RAPER sought an assurance that no "wrack" -- which appears to be a term of art in the timber trade -- should be used in the houses to be erected under the Government's new housing scheme."