bike rack
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2.1
- noun
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soporte para bicicletas
- The city installed new bike racks in several locations to encourage more people to cycle.
- buses with bike racks
- installed bike racks
Examples
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And even though it's winter, the bike racks are still pretty full, something I rarely saw at the previous location.
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The report states that SDOT is on track to deliver on the goal of 3,000 new bike racks between 2007 and 2017.
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Do you ever notice a vehicle with a bike rack on the back while driving down the road?
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The next day, the guys are at the bike rack when a hot sports car drives by.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then he went outside to the bike rack and unchained his bicycle.
Fiction book (1997) -
On that very same day, somebody stole Tyler Healy's bike from the bike rack.
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Double-decker bike racks were added to the 95th Street station earlier this year.
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At the agency's central office in St. Paul, MnDOT added shower facilities for bicyclists, bike lockers, and bike racks.
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Gagnon's productive tour of duty saw the installation of some 3,000 bike racks and the city's first on-street parking corrals.
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After finding a secure spot, she parked her bicycle in the bike rack outside the café.
Synonyms
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1.2
A frame for holding or showing things
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1.9
A frame made of metal or wood where you lock and park a bike
A metal rack where you park and lock a bicycle
A metal frame where people lock and leave bicycles
A metal frame where people lock and leave bicycles
A rack for holding and locking bikes
How Large
5
2.1
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a stand for parking and securing bicycles' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bike' (bicycle) with 'rack' (a frame or stand). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic composition pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase bike rack comes from a simple, literal idea: a rack is a frame where people hang or lock things and a bike is what it holds. So a bike rack is a metal frame for parking and locking bicycles, which is why we use it to mean 'a place to park and lock a bike'.