three-decker

[ three-dek-er ]

/ ˈθriˈdɛk ər /

noun

any ship having three decks, tiers, etc.

(formerly) one of a class of sailing warships that carried guns on three decks.

a sandwich made of three slices of bread interlaid with two layers of filling; club sandwich.

something having three layers, levels, or tiers.

Also called triple-decker (for defs. 3, 4).

Origin of three-decker

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby three-decker

three-colour, three-cornered, three-D, three-day event, three-day measles, three-decker, three-dimensional, Three Fires, threefold, three-four time, three-gaited

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Example sentences from the Web for three-decker

There was a three-decker, and the clerk from his desk led the singing of the congregation, which he faced.
The Parish Clerk (1907)|Peter Hampson Ditchfield
A three-decker carries three tons of ore or twenty-seven men at a time.
The Comstock Club|Charles Carroll Goodwin
Three-decker: an old-fashioned man-of-war of the largest size.
Tom Brown at Rugby|Thomas Hughes
I just remember that he had a neck like a three-decker, and a voice like a peahen's.
My First Book:|Various

And so the "Stocmar" three-decker struck her flag, and the ensign of the fast frigate floated from her masthead!
One Of Them|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for three-decker

three-decker

noun

anything having three levels or layers
(as modifier)a three-decker sandwich

a warship with guns on three decks

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

单词	three-decker
释义	three-decker [ three-dek-er ] / ˈθriˈdɛk ər / noun any ship having three decks, tiers, etc. (formerly) one of a class of sailing warships that carried guns on three decks. a sandwich made of three slices of bread interlaid with two layers of filling; club sandwich. something having three layers, levels, or tiers. Also called triple-decker (for defs. 3, 4). Origin of three-decker First recorded in 1785–95 Words nearby three-decker three-colour, three-cornered, three-D, three-day event, three-day measles, three-decker, three-dimensional, Three Fires, threefold, three-four time, three-gaited Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for three-decker There was a three-decker, and the clerk from his desk led the singing of the congregation, which he faced. The Parish Clerk (1907)\|Peter Hampson Ditchfield A three-decker carries three tons of ore or twenty-seven men at a time. The Comstock Club\|Charles Carroll Goodwin Three-decker: an old-fashioned man-of-war of the largest size. Tom Brown at Rugby\|Thomas Hughes I just remember that he had a neck like a three-decker, and a voice like a peahen's. My First Book:\|Various And so the "Stocmar" three-decker struck her flag, and the ensign of the fast frigate floated from her masthead! One Of Them\|Charles James Lever British Dictionary definitions for three-decker three-decker noun anything having three levels or layers (as modifier)a three-decker sandwich a warship with guns on three decks 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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