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    deck
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    deck1 /dek/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Middle Dutch
     Origin: dec 'roof, covering'
    1.  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
    2.  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
    3.  AT THE BACK OF A HOUSE American English a wooden floor built out from the back of a house, where you can sit and relax outdoors ⇨ decking:
        deck furniture
    4.  MUSIC a piece of equipment used for playing music tapes, records etc
        cassette/tape/record deck
    5.  CARDS a set of playing cards
       SYN  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)
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ floor one of the levels in a building: She lives in an apartment on the eighteenth floor.
       ▪ storey British English, story American English used when saying how many levels a building has: a five-storey car park | The school is a single storey building.
       ▪ the ground floor (also the first floor American English) the floor of a building that is at ground level: There is a shop on the ground floor. | The emergency room is on the first floor.
       ▪ the first floor British English, the second floor American English the floor of a building above the one at ground level: She lives on the first floor.
       ▪ deck one of the levels on a ship, bus, or plane: The Horizon Lounge is on the top deck of the ship.

    II
    deck2 verb [transitive]
     Sense 1
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Dutch
     Origin: dekken 'to cover'
     Sense 2
     Date: 1900-2000
     Origin: ⇨ deck1
    1. (also deck something out) [usually passive] to decorate something with flowers, flags etc
        deck something (out) with something
        The street was decked with flags for the royal wedding.
    2. informal to hit someone so hard that they fall over:
        Gerry just swung round and decked him.