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Meaning of luggage rack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

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Examples

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.”
“[…] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.”
Above each seat was 'an ormolu luggage rack with finely chased ornamentation and panels of brass treillage'.”
“As do the coaches, these sleeping cars have a large luggage rack located on the lower level of the car where you enter.”
Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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