Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "wrack" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

black wrack bladder wrack buckey wrack channelled wrack egg wrack flat wrack grass wrack horn wrack knobbed wrack knotted wrack lady wrack notched wrack serrated wrack spiral wrack storm-wracked tangle-wrack tidewrack toothed wrack wrack and ruin wrack line wrack zone

Etymologically Related To

wrake

Inflected/Variant Forms

rack

Context

dialectal except in dialects literary uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

demolition destroy destruction ruin seaweed wipeout

Type Of (IsA)

destruction seaweed

Related Terms

avenge consequence destruction execute fucus persecution punishment rack revenge ruin seaweed shipwreck tease torment trouble vengeance weeds worry wreck

Synonym Network

bust up sea wrack wreck

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