noun
Meaning 1
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deckhouse
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History
Etymology
From deck + house.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ру́бка (rúbka) — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Dutch: roef — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Finnish: kansirakennus — cabin on the deck of a boat
- French: rouf — cabin on the deck of a boat
- German: Deckhaus — cabin on the deck of a boat
- German: Deckshaus — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Irish: teach deice — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Māori: pakokori — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Polish: pokładówka — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Polish: nadbudówka — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Russian: ру́бка (rúbka) — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Spanish: caseta de cubierta — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Swedish: däckshus — cabin on the deck of a boat
- Ukrainian: ру́бка (rúbka) — cabin on the deck of a boat
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