deck

CEFRB1

/ˈdɛk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A flat outdoor floor built onto a house or ship.

  2. 02

    verb

    To hit someone and knock them down.

Examples

  • I was the only person on deck at that time of night.

  • I went on deck from my cabin.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdek/

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.

  2. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

  3. Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

More examples

In context

  • Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.

  • We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.

  • Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.