deck
Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
Noun 4 meanings
Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
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.
“Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel”
A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
A pack or set of playing cards.
Verb 4 meanings
To furnish with a deck.
“to deck a vessel”
To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch.
“Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?”
To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
To cover; to overspread.
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.
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DECK at a glance
DECK has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,483 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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