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deck

noun · verb · 28 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈdek/
  • rhymes with -ɛk
  • homophone: deque
  • CMU ARPABET: D EH1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
  • to swab the deck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A pack or set of playing cards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: library

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: journalism, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: headline

7

noun

Meaning 7

Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A heap or store.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The floor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The bottom of a water body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The stage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

Ellipsis of tape deck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To furnish with a deck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, uncommon

Examples

  • to deck a vessel

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: collectible card games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, sometimes, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To decorate (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, sometimes, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To cover; to overspread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

any of various platforms built into a vessel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: platform

Narrower terms: afterdeck, flight deck, landing deck, foredeck, gun deck, hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck, awning deck, lido deck, lower deck, third deck, main deck, second deck, orlop deck, orlop, fourth deck, quarterdeck, upper deck

23

noun

Meaning 23

street name for a packet of illegal drugs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: packet

Narrower terms: dime bag, dime

24

noun

Meaning 24

a porch that resembles the deck on a ship

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: porch

Narrower terms: sun deck

25

noun

Meaning 25

a pack of 52 playing cards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pack of cards, deck of cards

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pack

26

verb

Meaning 26

knock down with force

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He decked his opponent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coldcock, dump, knock down, floor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beat

27

verb

Meaning 27

decorate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • deck the halls with holly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bedight, bedeck

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

Narrower terms: plume

28

verb

Meaning 28

be beautiful to look at

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

Narrower terms: ornament

History

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.

From Middle English dekken, from Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”), from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to roof; cover”).

Across languages

Translations

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: terra — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Dutch: terras — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Finnish: tasanne — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Finnish: terassi — any raised flat surface walked on
  • German: Terrasse — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Hebrew: מרפסת (mirpéset) — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Hungarian: balkon — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Icelandic: pallur — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Italian: pedana — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Italian: pavimento — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Māori: raho — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Māori: rahoraho — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Māori: papa — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Māori: papatakahi — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Russian: насти́л (nastíl) — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Scottish Gaelic: deic — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Serbo-Croatian: balkon — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Serbo-Croatian: terasa — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Spanish: piso — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Spanish: plataforma — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Spanish: balcón — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Spanish: terraza — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Swedish: veranda — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Welsh: dec — any raised flat surface walked on
  • Belarusian: кало́да (kalóda) — pack of playing cards
  • Bulgarian: тесте (teste) — pack of playing cards
  • Bulgarian: колода (koloda) — pack of playing cards
  • Catalan: baralla — pack of playing cards
  • Chinese Mandarin: 組 /组 (zǔ) — pack of playing cards
  • Czech: sada — pack of playing cards
  • Dutch: spel kaarten — pack of playing cards
  • Esperanto: ludkartaro — pack of playing cards
  • Estonian: kaardipakk — pack of playing cards
  • Finnish: korttipakka — pack of playing cards
  • Finnish: pakka — pack of playing cards
  • French: jeu de cartes — pack of playing cards
  • Galician: baralla — pack of playing cards
  • German: Kartenstapel — pack of playing cards
  • German: Kartenspiel — pack of playing cards
  • Greek: τράπουλα (trápoula) — pack of playing cards
  • Hebrew: חפיסת קלפים (khafisát-klafím) — pack of playing cards
  • Ingrian: koloda — pack of playing cards
  • Italian: mazzo — pack of playing cards
  • Japanese: デッキ (dekki) — pack of playing cards
  • Latin: fasciculus — pack of playing cards
  • Lithuanian: malka — pack of playing cards
  • Lithuanian: kaladė — pack of playing cards
  • Macedonian: шпил (špil) — pack of playing cards
  • Māori: putu — pack of playing cards
  • Māori: putu kāri — pack of playing cards
  • Māori: pūranga — pack of playing cards
  • Navajo: dáʼákaʼ — pack of playing cards
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stokk — pack of playing cards
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kortstokk — pack of playing cards
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kortleik — pack of playing cards
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stokk — pack of playing cards
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kortleik — pack of playing cards
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kortstokk — pack of playing cards
  • Polish: talia — pack of playing cards
  • Portuguese: baralho — pack of playing cards
  • Russian: коло́да (kolóda) — pack of playing cards
  • Serbo-Croatian: шпи̏л — pack of playing cards
  • Serbo-Croatian: špȉl — pack of playing cards
  • Spanish: baraja — pack of playing cards
  • Spanish: desencuadernado — pack of playing cards
  • Swedish: kortlek — pack of playing cards
  • Swedish: lek — pack of playing cards
  • Swedish: talong — pack of playing cards
  • Thai: สํารับ (sǎm-ráp) — pack of playing cards
  • Turkish: deste — pack of playing cards
  • Ottoman Turkish: دسته (deste) — pack of playing cards
  • Ukrainian: коло́да (kolóda) — pack of playing cards
  • Vietnamese: cỗ bài — pack of playing cards
  • Arabic: ظَهْر (ẓahr) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Arabic: سَطْح (saṭḥ) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Armenian: տախտակամած (taxtakamac) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Azerbaijani: göyərtə — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Belarusian: па́луба (páluba) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Bulgarian: па́луба (páluba) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Catalan: coberta — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甲板 (jiǎbǎn) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Czech: paluba — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Danish: dæk — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Dutch: dek — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Esperanto: ferdeko — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Estonian: laevalagi — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Finnish: kansi — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Finnish: täkki — floorlike covering on a ship
  • French: pont — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Georgian: ერდო (erdo) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • German: Deck — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Greek: κατάστρωμα (katástroma) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Greek: κουβέρτα (kouvérta) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Ancient Greek: σέλμα (sélma) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Ancient Greek: στέγη (stégē) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Hebrew: ספון \ סִפּוּן (sipún) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Hungarian: fedélzet — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Ido: ferdeko — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Ingrian: täkki — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Italian: ponte — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Italian: coperta — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Italian: tolda — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Japanese: デッキ (dekki) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Japanese: 甲板 (kanpan) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Korean: 갑판 (gap'pan) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Latin: stega — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Lithuanian: denis — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Macedonian: палуба (paluba) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Malay: geladak — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Malay: dek — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Māori: raho — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Māori: rahoraho — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Māori: papatakahi — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Māori: kāraho — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dekk — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dekk — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Persian: عرشه (arše) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Polish: pokład — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Portuguese: convés — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Portuguese: deque — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Russian: па́луба (páluba) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Russian: дек (dɛk) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Scottish Gaelic: deic — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏луба — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁluba — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Slovak: paluba — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Slovene: paluba — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Spanish: cubierta — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Spanish: tablazón — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Swedish: däck — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Tagalog: kubyerta — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Thai: ดาดฟ้า (dàat-fáa) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Turkish: güverte — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Ukrainian: па́луба (páluba) — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Welsh: bwrdd llong — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Welsh: dec — floorlike covering on a ship
  • Finnish: kattaa — to furnish with a deck, as a vessel
  • Finnish: kaataa — (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
  • German: niederschlagen — (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
  • Japanese: 殴り倒す (naguritaosu) — (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
  • Swedish: däcka — (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
  • Turkish: yere sermek — (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch