English[edit]Pronunciation[edit]Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (roof, covering), from Middle Dutch dekken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-Germanic *akjan. Cognate with German Decke (covering, blanket). Also related with English thatch, thack.

deck (plural decks)

to swab the deck

Terms derived from deck (noun)

any flat surface walked on

floorlike covering on a ship

Translations to be checked

deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)

to furnish with a deck, as a vessel

(slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch

From Middle English dekken, from Middle Dutch dekken (to cover), from Old Dutch theckon, *thecken, from Proto-Germanic *akjan (to roof; cover). More at thatch.

deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)

deck

Borrowed from English deck.

deckm (invariable)

deck

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