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roof rack

British  

noun

  1. a rack attached to the roof of a motor vehicle for carrying luggage, skis, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It performed “immensely well,” Curic said, even in a blizzard and after his team asked Wayve to shift sensors from an unsightly roof rack to the wing mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

With no room inside for the pet pointer, Seamus, Romney attached a dog carrier to the roof rack and created a makeshift shield to protect him from the elements.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Each car is festooned with cameras and sensors, many of them bolted to a perfectly ordinary roof rack.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

But you can undo all those efforts by putting a couple of bikes or a big cargo box on your roof rack.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2022

On the Plymouth roof rack there was a four-sided, tin-lined, plywood billboard that said, on all four sides, in elaborate writing, Paradise Pickles & Preserves.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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