Deck

Quick meaning: Deck is a noun meaning Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

Meaning

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

More Meanings

1. (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
2. (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
3. (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
4. (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
5. Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
6. (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
7. (nautical) 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.

Example Sentences

to swab the deck

Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel

Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.

If there's a strapline or subdeck, write these after the main deck and don't use the same words.

Word Forms

• decks
• decking
• decked

Synonyms for deck

Depending on context, synonyms include library, embellish, adorn, floor, dump, decorate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include floor, dump, decorate, adorn, bedeck, bedight.

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