Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 15 compound words that contain wrack. The most common are listed below. Open wrack in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus, seaweed widespread in the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
- knotted wrackA species of brown algae, Ascophyllum nodosum; a common seaweed of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
- nerve wrackAlternative form of nerve rack: A state of extreme emotional distress from a nerve-racking experience.
- channelled wrackA short, bushy brown alga of species Pelvetia canaliculata, growing abundantly on coastal rocks in Europe.
- egg wrackknotted wrack
- spiral wrackA species of seaweed, Fucus spiralis, living on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
- wrack lineA line of seaweed deposited on a beach at high tide
- wrack and ruinComplete destruction.
- flat wrackspiral wrack
- tangle-wrackAny of the genus Laminaria of brown algae.
- wrack linesplural of wrack line: A line of seaweed deposited on a beach at high tide
- wrack one's brainEggcorn of rack one's brain.
- wrack one's brainsEggcorn of rack one's brains.
Compound words 15
- shipwreckA ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
- bladderwrackFucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
- seawrackMasses of seaweed washed ashore and in piles along a shore, predominantly algae of family Fucaceae.
- wrackfulruinous; destructive.
- hornwrackA bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea.
- grasswrackThe eelgrass growing abundantly on the sea-coast.
- tidewrackSeaweed and similar marine vegetation and rubbish deposited along a shore by a receding tide.
- awrackWrecked; in ruins.
- nervewrackAlternative form of nerve rack: A state of extreme emotional distress from a nerve-racking experience.
- eelwrackeelgrass (Zostera species)