English Explanatory Dictionary

deck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
  2. 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.
  3. A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
  4. A pack or set of playing cards.
  5. A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
  6. A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
  7. Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
  8. A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
  9. A heap or store.
  10. A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
  11. The floor.
  12. The bottom of a water body.
verb
  1. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
  2. To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
  3. To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
verb
  1. To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.
  2. To decorate (something).
  3. To cover; to overspread.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛk/ en-us-deck.ogg /ˈdek/

Word forms

deck decks decking decked

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.

Synonyms

library

Related words

forecastle aftcastle aftercastle

Derived words

abovedeck afterdeck all hands on deck all hands to the deck bell deck below decks belowdecks case the deck cassette deck cigarette deck clear the decks cloud deck cold deck combi deck cyberdeck deck angle deck boat deck box deck bridge deckbuilding deck chair deck-chair decker deck floor deckful deck grip deck hand deckhand deckhead deck hook deckhouse deckless decklid decklike decklist deckload deckman deck of cards deck passage deckplate deck roof deckscrub deck shoe deck shuffleboard deckside deck tennis decktop deckward deckwise deck-wise diaper deck double-deck double-decker few cards short of a full deck few cards shy of a full deck flight deck flush deck flush-deck forecastle deck foredeck
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