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three-decker en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Anything with three layers or levels.
   • I planned to splurge on a three-decker cone. All the flavors looked so good that I couldn't decide which three to have. 1972, Emily Coleman, Making friends with the opposite sex, page 198:
   • He awoke at midday and walked down the road to a cafeteria where the short-order cook fixed him a delicious three-decker western sandwich and coffee. 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Jamaica Version”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 168:
2. (alt-of, alternative) Anything with three layers or levels. ▸ Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”).
   alt of triple-decker
3. (alt-of, alternative) Anything with three layers or levels. ▸ Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”).
   alt of triple-decker
4. (alt-of, alternative) Anything with three layers or levels. ▸ Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”).
   alt of triple-decker
5. (alt-of, alternative) Anything with three layers or levels. ▸ Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”).
   alt of triple-decker
6. (historical) Anything with three layers or levels. ▸ A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
7. (historical) Anything with three layers or levels. ▸ An old-fashioned pulpit.

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Translations (3)

cs trojpalubník (warship) · de Dreidecker (warship) · fr trois-ponts (warship)