deck

deck
deck1 [dek] n
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1¦(on a ship)¦
2¦(on a bus, plane etc)¦
3¦(at the back of a house)¦
4¦(music)¦
5¦(cards)¦
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[Date: 1400-1500; : Middle Dutch; Origin: dec 'roof, covering']
1.) ¦(ON A SHIP)¦
a) the outside top level of a ship that you can walk or sit on
▪ Let's go up on deck .
above/below deck
▪ Peter stayed below deck.
b) one of the different levels on a ship
main/passenger/car etc deck
▪ a staircase leading to the passenger deck
2.) ¦(ON A BUS, PLANE ETC)¦
one of the levels on a bus, plane etc
lower/upper etc deck
▪ I managed to find a seat on the upper deck.
▪ Eddie returned to the flight deck (=the part of an aircraft where the pilot sits) .
3.) ¦(AT THE BACK OF A HOUSE)¦
AmE a wooden floor built out from the back of a house, where you can sit and relax outdoors
→↑decking
▪ deck furniture
4.) ¦(MUSIC)¦
a piece of equipment used for playing music tapes, records etc
cassette/tape/record deck
5.) ¦(CARDS)¦
a set of playing cards
British Equivalent: pack
▪ Irene shuffled the deck.
▪ a deck of cards
→all hands on deck at ↑hand1 (38), clear the decks at ↑clear2 (17), hit the deck at ↑hit1 (17)
deck 2
deck2 v [T]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1500-1600; : Dutch; Origin: dekken 'to cover']
[Sense: 2; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: DECK1]
1.) also deck sth out [usually passive]
to decorate something with flowers, flags etc
deck sth (out) with sth
▪ The street was decked with flags for the royal wedding.
2.) informal to hit someone so hard that they fall over
▪ Gerry just swung round and decked him.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • deck — [dɛk] n. m. ÉTYM. 1925; angl. deck, même sens, d abord « couverture, revêtement, toit », emprunt au moyen néerlandais dec. ❖ ♦ Mar. (vx). Anglic. Pont (d un bateau). 0 (…) le 8 novembre, quand le Columbia appareille, il est en train d installer… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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