deck

noun

/dek/

Idioms

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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).
Topics Transport by waterb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- open
verb + deck
- go up on
preposition
- below deck
- on deck
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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.
see also double-decker, flight deck, single-decker, sun deck, void deckTopics Transport by bus and trainb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- lower
- top
- upper
- …
verb + deck
- swab
preposition
- on a/the deck
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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
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(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.
Topics Gardensc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- back
- front
- …
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a part of a sound system that records and/or plays sounds on a disc or tape
- a cassette/tape deck
Topics Musicc2
a set of slides (= pages created on a computer that contain text and images) that are used to accompany a person’s presentation
- Three slides into my 35-slide deck, they asked me to turn off the projector.

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

all 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

deck

verb

/dek/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they deck	/dek/ /dek/
he / she / it decks	/deks/ /deks/
past simple decked	/dekt/ /dekt/
past participle decked	/dekt/ /dekt/
-ing form decking	/ˈdekɪŋ/ /ˈdekɪŋ/

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[often passive] to decorate somebody/something with something
- be decked out in/with something The room was decked out in flowers and balloons.
- be decked in/with something The Conservative candidate and his supporters were decked in blue rosettes.
- deck something (with something) Deck the halls with boughs of holly!
deck somebody (informal) to hit somebody very hard so that they fall to the ground