deck
IPA: dˈɛk
noun
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more actual lines of text.
- A set of slides for a presentation.
- (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- (obsolete) A heap or store.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- (colloquial) The floor.
- (theater) The stage.
- Short for tape deck. [tape recorder]
verb
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- (card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
- (transitive, sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.
- (transitive, sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
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Examples of "deck" in Sentences
- That part of the ship is called the deck.
- The grey area indicates the deck of the boat.
- Poop Deck is the deck at the furthest back of a ship.
- Her deck was thick and the bulkheads inside the ship were thick.
- The ships were also to have had a forecastle deck that was thick.
- On the same boat, a foresail tack is clipped to the deck and forestay.
- All of the vital parts of the ship were placed below the protective deck.
- The explosion tore a hole in the deck almost the complete width of the ship.
- The boat is sinking, and the players and the owners are hosing down the deck.
- Forecastle refers to the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast.
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