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double-deck

[ duhb-uhl-dek ]

adjective

  1. Also double-decked. having two decks, tiers, or levels:

    a double-deck bunk; a double-deck bus.



verb (used with object)

  1. to add a second deck to (a bridge) or a second level to (a road).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of double-deck1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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Example Sentences

Halford, absent from court all morning, arrives late in the afternoon with a large, black double-deck and a cassette.

Double-deck bunks lined each of the side walls, divided by a narrow aisle.

Besides these, eight steel double-deck troop barges were brought up, in sections, and put together.

There were two seats in the ambulance, besides a double-deck, that is to say, two floors for wounded to lie upon.

I am ready to lay down eight cards in a horizontal row off my double deck.

The Wm. Newman is a common propeller and double-deck boat, and carries two hundred and ten tons.

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