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What (who) is roof rack - definition
SET OF BARS SECURED TO THE ROOF OF A MOTOR CAR
Roof Rack; Roof bag; Ski rack
![Two bicycles on a removable roof rack ([[bicycle carrier]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/'13 Porsche Panamera (MIAS '13).jpg?width=200 "Two bicycles on a removable roof rack ([[bicycle carrier]])")
roof rack
also roof-rack
(roof racks)
A roof rack is a metal frame that is fixed on top of a car and used for carrying large objects. (BRIT; in AM, use luggage rack
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Roof rack
A roof rack is a set of bars secured to the roof of a motor car. It is used to carry bulky items such as luggage, bicycles, canoes, kayaks, skis, or various carriers and containers.
roof rack
¦ noun a framework for carrying luggage on the roof of a vehicle.
Wikipedia
Roof rack
A roof rack is a set of bars secured to the roof of a motor car. It is used to carry bulky items such as luggage, bicycles, canoes, kayaks, skis, or various carriers and containers.
They allow users of an automobile to transport objects on the roof of the vehicle without reducing interior space for occupants, or the cargo area volume limits such as in the typical car's trunk design. These include car top weatherproof containers, some designed for specific cargo such as skis or luggage.
Examples of use of roof rack
1. The first officer on the scene could see nothing except its roof rack, Mentone Fire Chief Mike Yazel said.
2. Mentone Fire Chief Mike Yazel said that the SUV‘s roof rack was the only thing visible when the first officer arrived, but that the driver, Megihann K.
3. We unload our stuff (the barest of essentials due to my perennial ruse of failing to purchase a roof rack) and get in out of the vile weather.
4. When his wife came home that afternoon from the flea market in Jaffa with the exorbitantly expensive antique mirror tied to the roof–rack of her parents‘ Volvo station wagon, Yochai didn‘t protest.
5. Another West Virginia searcher said that the girls were so elusive that he thought they had altered their car, perhaps changing license plates and getting rid of the roof rack.