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luggage rack

luggage rack noun: a rack attached to a car or other vehicle, used to hold luggage or similar items.

Noun

luggage rack (plural luggage racks)

  1. A rack attached to a car or other vehicle, used to hold luggage or similar items.
    • Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 120
    • […] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173

luggage rack meaning in Persian

luggage rack in Persian

rack attached to a vehicle
باربند bâr-band

Examples of luggage rack in a sentence

  • Above each seat was 'an ormolu luggage rack with finely chased ornamentation and panels of brass treillage'.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 73:
  • As do the coaches, these sleeping cars have a large luggage rack located on the lower level of the car where you enter.2015, Jim Loomis, All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 150:
  • Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:

Forms of luggage rack

pluralluggage racks

Questions about luggage rack

What does luggage rack mean?
Luggage rack means a rack attached to a car or other vehicle, used to hold luggage or similar items.
What is luggage rack in Persian?
Luggage rack in Persian is باربند (bâr-band). See Luggage rack meaning in Persian.
How do you use luggage rack in a sentence?
Above each seat was 'an ormolu luggage rack with finely chased ornamentation and panels of brass treillage'.
What part of speech is luggage rack?
Luggage rack is a noun.
What is the plural of luggage rack?
The plural of luggage rack is luggage racks.

Words near luggage rack in the dictionary

  1. luggage cars
  2. luggage cart
  3. luggage carts
  4. luggage hold
  5. luggage holds
  6. luggage rack
  7. luggage racks
  8. luggage trolley
  9. luggage trolleys
  10. luggage van
  11. luggage vans

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