deck

Topic: CARDS

Date:	1400-1500
Language:	Middle Dutch
Origin:	dec 'roof, covering'

deck
1 noun

deck1

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[countable]

1TTW

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

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).

➔ double-decker (1), single-decker

at the back of a house

American EnglishDHH a wooden floor built out from the back of a house, where you can sit and relax outdoors [↪ decking]:

deck furniture

music

a piece of equipment used for playing music tapes, records etc

cassette/tape/record deck

5DGC

cards

a set of playing cards [= pack British English]

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)WORD FOCUS: ship

WORD FOCUS: ship

a ship that carries people: passenger ship, cruise ship, liner, ferry, ro-ro
a ship that carries goods: cargo ship, merchant ship, freighter, oil tanker, super tanker, barge
a small ship: boat, motorboat, powerboat
a ship with sails: yacht, dinghy, sailing ship, sailing boat British English/sailboat American English, catamaran
a fighting ship: warship, aircraft carrier, battleship, cruiser, frigate, destroyer, minesweeper, gunboat, man-of-war old-fashioned
a ship that people live on: houseboat, narrow boat British English
a ship that goes under water: submarine
people on a ship: sailor, captain, passenger, seaman, the crew
parts of a ship: deck, cabin, porthole, engine room, mast, rudder, hullship

➔ See also ship

Definition of deck from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic CARDS