Definitions for decks

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decks deck

Spelling: [dek]

IPA: /dɛk/

Decks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in decks (cdeks).

Definitions for decks

noun

1. Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
2. any open platform suggesting an exposed deck of a ship.
3. an open, unroofed porch or platform extending from a house or other building. Compare sun deck.
4. any level, tier, or vertical section, as of a structure or machine.
5. flight deck (def 2).
6. a flat or nearly flat watertight surface, as at the top of a French roof.
7. a floor or roof surface composed of decking units.
8. Meteorology. cloud deck. See cloud layer.
9. Slang. a small packet of a narcotic, especially heroin.
10. a pack of playing cards.
11. Printing. bank3 (def 8).
12. Also called rear deck. the cover of a space behind the backseat of an automobile or the space itself.
13. Library Science. a level of book shelving and associated facilities in the stacks of a library, as one of a series of floors or tiers.
14. cutter deck.
15. a cassette deck or tape deck.

Idioms

1. clear the decks, to prepare for combat, as by removing all unnecessary gear. to prepare for some activity or work, as by getting rid of hindrances.
2. hit the deck, Slang. Nautical. to rise from bed. to fall, drop, or be knocked to the ground or floor.
3. on deck, Baseball. next at bat; waiting one's turn to bat. Informal. next in line; coming up; scheduled. Informal. prepared to act or work; ready.
4. play with / have a full deck, Slang. to be sane, rational, or reasonably intelligent:
5. stack the deck. stack (def 24).

adjective

1. Civil Engineering. (of a bridge truss) having a deck or floor upon or above the structure. Compare through (def 22).

verb (used with object)

1. to clothe or attire (people) or array (rooms, houses, etc.) in something ornamental or decorative (often followed by out):
2. to furnish with a deck.
3. Informal. to knock down; floor:

Origin of decks

1425-75; (noun) late Middle English dekke material for covering Middle Dutch dec covering, roof; (v.) Dutch dekken to cover; cognate with German decken; cf. thatch

Examples for decks

Unlike a normal ship, the bow slopes upward from the water up to the deck.

Coming on deck, he saw a figure which seemed familiar to him.

As there were no bones broken, I blessed the accident and went on deck.

deck your halls instead with boughs of holly, shouting “Merry Christmas” (or “Happy Hanukkah”) well into the night.

Such of the sailors as happened to be on deck shared his feelings.

The President came in and our squadron commander called, “Attention on deck!”

The island is well enough, but there's nothing like the deck of a good ship.

Obama has latched on to the failure of the embargo to topple the Castros as justification to shuffle the deck.

“deck the Halls” was written back in the 16th century, when the English language was very different.

He was already a mile distant from the vessel when Captain Haley came on deck.