- the top outside floor of a ship or boat
- on deck I was the only person on deck at that time of night.
- When we heard the alarm, we went up on deck.
- below deck(s) As the storm began, everyone disappeared below deck(s).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- open
- go up on
- below deck
- on deck
- one of the floors of a ship or a bus
- the upper/lower/main deck of a ship
- We sat on the top deck of the bus.
- My cabin is on deck C.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lower
- top
- upper
- …
- swab
- on a/the deck
- a floor or platform similar to the deck of a ship
- There is an open-air observation deck on the building's top floor.
- He fell from the upper deck of the car park.
- a roof/rooftop deck
- (also deck of cards)(both especially North American English)(British English usually pack)a complete set of 52 playing cards
- (especially North American English) a wooden floor that is built outside the back of a house where you can sit and relax
- After dinner we sat out on the deck.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wooden
- back
- front
- …
- a set of slides (= pages created on a computer that contain text and images) that are used to accompany a person’s presentation
- Nothing kills a presentation faster than reading off a deck of slides.
- a part of a sound system that records and/or plays sounds on a disc or tape
- a cassette/tape deck
Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Dutch dec ‘covering, roof, cloak’, dekken ‘to cover’. Originally denoting canvas used to make a covering (especially on a ship), the term came to mean the covering itself, later denoting a solid surface serving as roof and floor.
Idioms
See deck in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryall hands on deck
(also all hands to the pump)
- (saying, humorous) everyone helps or must help, especially in a difficult situation
- There are 30 people coming to dinner tonight, so it's all hands on deck.
clear the decks
- (informal) to prepare for an activity, event, etc. by removing anything that is not essential to it
hit the deck
- (informal) to fall to the ground
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