decknoun [ C ]
uk/dek/us/dek/deck noun [ C ] (FLOOR)
B2 a flat area for walking on, built across the space between the sides of a boat:
one of the floors of a bus:
a wooden floor built outside, where people can sit and relax
on a level of a ship below the main deck:
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- The ship's deck is composed of steel plates.
- Two helicopters winched the passengers to safety from the deck of the ship.
- I felt seasick, so I went up on deck for some fresh air.
- As the wind increased, the deck of the ship began to heave beneath his feet.
- On a ship the furniture is often bolted to the deck.
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Parts of ships & boats
- abaft
- boathook
- boiler room
- capstan
- echo sounder
- engine room
- gangplank
- gunnel
- helm
- jib
- lanyard
- lifebelt
- mast
- oar
- paddle
- porthole
- rib
- rudder
- sail
- tiller
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deck noun [ C ] (CARDS)
A2 mainly US also pack a set of cards used for playing card games:
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- royal flush
- rummy
- shuffle
- singleton
- solitaire
- strip poker
- suit
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deckverb [ T ]
uk/dek/us/dek/deck verb [ T ] (DECORATE)
to decorate or add something to something to make an effect:
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Decorating or making something attractive
- accessorize
- adorn
- adornment
- beautify
- bedeck
- edged
- embellish
- festoon
- flock
- garland
- glam
- ornament
- ornamentation
- ornate
- pimp
- prettify
- titivate
- twiddly
- window dressing
- zhuzh
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deck verb [ T ] (HIT)
slang to hit someone, especially to hit someone and knock them down:
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- bunch
- conk
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
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