deck en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈdek/ (Australia)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
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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.
Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
to swab the deck
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
- (broadly) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
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A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
If there's a strapline or subdeck, write these after the main deck and don't use the same words.
2005, Richard Keeble, Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction, page 114:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
alt of slide deck
Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.
2011, David Kroenke, Donald Nilson, Office 365 in Business:
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A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
The interaction model of WAP, originally developed for mobile phones to interact with information services in a web-like way, was based on Apple's HyperCard, and instead of pages, the user interacted with a deck of cards, which were interlinked by a scripting language.
2008, Johan Hjelm, Why IPTV?: Interactivity, Technologies, Services, page 13:
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(obsolete) A heap or store.
A paper-blurrer, who on all occasions, / For all times, and all season, hath such trinkets / Ready in the deck
1655, Philip Massinger, The Guardian, act III, scene iii:
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(slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
Defendant placed the decks in his pocket and, after driving out of the city, gave one to Shore. While still in the car, Shore snorted half of the deck. When they returned to defendant's home, defendant handed Shore a second deck of heroin.
2007, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, volume 188:
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(colloquial) The floor.
We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.
Williams fell to the deck. Following a lengthy check, he was replaced by Connor Roberts due to a suspected concussion - a scenario well explained by the stadium's staff over the PA system.
2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
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(UK) The bottom of a water body.
Wily carp are quickly put on their guard by tight lines cutting through the water, so another common measure is to use a back lead to keep the line on the deck.
2012, Peter Kaminsky, Greg Schwipps, “Part IV: Now You're Fishing”, in Fishing for Dummies, UK edition, Adapted by Dominic Garnett, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., page 298:
- The stage.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of tape deck.
alt of tape deck
The general operating procedure for recording a tape is basically the same as for playing it. After you insert the tape in the deck, you fast forward it to the end and then completely rewind it.
1985, Byte, volume 10, page 111:
- The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| decks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
few cards short of a full deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · net deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · stream deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · subdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck grip (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · roof deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · foredeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · messdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · sundeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · gun deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · redeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · quarterdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · decklid (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · combi deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckful (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · ingredient deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck hand (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · one card short of a full deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · forecastle deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · play with a full deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck angle (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck chair (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · belowdecks (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck boat (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · 'tween-decks (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckside (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckload (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · orlop deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · diaper deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · observation deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · poop deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · multideck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck hook (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck shuffleboard (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · spraydeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · water deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck-wise (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckhouse (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · French deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · poopdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckhead (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · flush-deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckward (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · double-decker (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · double-deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · turtle-deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck shoe (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · pin deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · cold deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · weather deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · main-deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · void deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck box (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · cigarette deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · topdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckwise (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · spar deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · shuffle the chairs on the deck of the Titanic (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck floor (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · abovedeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · forward deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · cassette deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · holodeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · clear the decks (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · top deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck of cards (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · decktop (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · helideck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · main deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · sun deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · all hands to the deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · below decks (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · turret deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · sweep the deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · decklike (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckless (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckbuilding (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · afterdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · one card shy of a full deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · well deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckhand (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · all hands on deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · on deck circle (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · on deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · decker (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · maindeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · underdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · rear deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · hit the deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckman (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · stern deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · slide deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · tape deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · on the deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · lower deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckplate (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · case the deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · hurricane deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · cyberdeck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · upper deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · shelter deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · pitch deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck tennis (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · hard deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · promenade deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · pec deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck bridge (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck-chair (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · cloud deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · decklist (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck roof (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · flush deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · flight deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · skateboard deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deckscrub (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · quarter-deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · stack the deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · net-deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · upper decker (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · deck passage (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · freeboard deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · few cards shy of a full deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · bell deck (Terms derived from deck (noun)) · quarter deck (Terms derived from deck (noun))
Hypernyms
Meronyms
Relateds
aftercastle · aftcastle · forecastle
Synonyms
Translations (136)
ja 甲板 (floorlike covering on a ship) · lt denis (floorlike covering on a ship) · sh balkon (any raised flat surface walked on) · mk палуба (floorlike covering on a ship) · io ferdeko (floorlike covering on a ship) · cy dec (floorlike covering on a ship) · sv veranda (any raised flat surface walked on) · pt deque (floorlike covering on a ship) · he חפיסת קלפים (pack of playing cards) · es tablazón (floorlike covering on a ship) · az göyərtə (floorlike covering on a ship) · ru дек (floorlike covering on a ship) · it ponte (floorlike covering on a ship) · nl terras (any raised flat surface walked on) · da dæk (floorlike covering on a ship) · sh па̏луба (floorlike covering on a ship) · mi raho (floorlike covering on a ship) · hu balkon (any raised flat surface walked on) · ca terra (any raised flat surface walked on) · mi raho (any raised flat surface walked on) · nn kortstokk (pack of playing cards) · fi pakka (pack of playing cards) · fi korttipakka (pack of playing cards) · mi putu (pack of playing cards) · es baraja (pack of playing cards) · cs sada (pack of playing cards) · nb dekk (floorlike covering on a ship) · sl paluba (floorlike covering on a ship) · mi pūranga (pack of playing cards) · mi rahoraho (floorlike covering on a ship) · is pallur (any raised flat surface walked on) · hu fedélzet (floorlike covering on a ship) · ru па́луба (floorlike covering on a ship) · nl spel kaarten (pack of playing cards) · la stega (floorlike covering on a ship) · uk па́луба (floorlike covering on a ship) · nb kortstokk (pack of playing cards) · th สำรับ (pack of playing cards) · mi papatakahi (floorlike covering on a ship) · ms geladak (floorlike covering on a ship) · gd deic (any raised flat surface walked on) · pl pokład (floorlike covering on a ship) · cs paluba (floorlike covering on a ship) · fi terassi (any raised flat surface walked on) · el κουβέρτα (floorlike covering on a ship) · ja デッキ (floorlike covering on a ship) · mi rahoraho (any raised flat surface walked on) · de Kartenspiel (pack of playing cards) · mk шпил (pack of playing cards) · pl talia (pack of playing cards) · la fasciculus (pack of playing cards) · nn dekk (floorlike covering on a ship) · fi täkki (floorlike covering on a ship) · he ספון \ סִפּוּן (floorlike covering on a ship) · et laevalagi (floorlike covering on a ship) · it mazzo (pack of playing cards) · ar سَطْح (floorlike covering on a ship) · eo ferdeko (floorlike covering on a ship) · mi papa (any raised flat surface walked on) · nn kortleik (pack of playing cards) · be па́луба (floorlike covering on a ship) · tr deste (pack of playing cards) · izh koloda (pack of playing cards) · fr jeu de cartes (pack of playing cards) · it tolda (floorlike covering on a ship) · de Kartenstapel (pack of playing cards) · es terraza (any raised flat surface walked on) · vi cỗ bài (pack of playing cards) · th ดาดฟ้า (floorlike covering on a ship) · sv kortlek (pack of playing cards) · sh špȉl (pack of playing cards) · es balcón (any raised flat surface walked on) · et kaardipakk (pack of playing cards) · nl dek (floorlike covering on a ship) · sv lek (pack of playing cards) · it pedana (any raised flat surface walked on) · ar ظَهْر (floorlike covering on a ship) · pt convés (floorlike covering on a ship) · izh täkki (floorlike covering on a ship) · grc σέλμα (floorlike covering on a ship) · sv talong (pack of playing cards) · ru коло́да (pack of playing cards) · be кало́да (pack of playing cards) · lt malka (pack of playing cards) · fr pont (floorlike covering on a ship) · he מרפסת (any raised flat surface walked on) · es cubierta (floorlike covering on a ship) · sk paluba (floorlike covering on a ship) · bg колода (pack of playing cards) · gl baralla (pack of playing cards) · fa عرشه (floorlike covering on a ship) · bg тесте (pack of playing cards) · grc στέγη (floorlike covering on a ship) · es plataforma (any raised flat surface walked on) · cmn 甲板 (floorlike covering on a ship) · bg па́луба (floorlike covering on a ship) · ms dek (floorlike covering on a ship) · el κατάστρωμα (floorlike covering on a ship) · ru насти́л (any raised flat surface walked on) · gd deic (floorlike covering on a ship) · mi putu kāri (pack of playing cards) · ko 갑판 (floorlike covering on a ship) · pt baralho (pack of playing cards) · nb kortleik (pack of playing cards) · lt kaladė (pack of playing cards) · de Deck (floorlike covering on a ship) · uk коло́да (pack of playing cards) · sh terasa (any raised flat surface walked on) · fi tasanne (any raised flat surface walked on) · ja デッキ (pack of playing cards) · cmn 組 /组 (pack of playing cards) · nn stokk (pack of playing cards) · tr güverte (floorlike covering on a ship) · mi kāraho (floorlike covering on a ship) · sv däck (floorlike covering on a ship) · sh pȁluba (floorlike covering on a ship) · sh шпи̏л (pack of playing cards) · hy տախտակամած (floorlike covering on a ship) · es piso (any raised flat surface walked on) · nv dáʼákaʼ (pack of playing cards) · es desencuadernado (pack of playing cards) · nb stokk (pack of playing cards) · el τράπουλα (pack of playing cards) · ca baralla (pack of playing cards) · ka ერდო (floorlike covering on a ship) · it pavimento (any raised flat surface walked on) · cy dec (any raised flat surface walked on) · fi kansi (floorlike covering on a ship) · mi papatakahi (any raised flat surface walked on) · ota دسته (pack of playing cards) · eo ludkartaro (pack of playing cards) · ca coberta (floorlike covering on a ship) · de Terrasse (any raised flat surface walked on) · tl kubyerta (floorlike covering on a ship) · it coperta (floorlike covering on a ship) · cy bwrdd llong (floorlike covering on a ship)