deck
English
/dɛk/
noun
Definitions
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (cards) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (cards) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- A set of slides for a presentation.
- (obsolete) A heap or store.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- (slang) The floor.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dekke derived from Middle Dutch dec (covering, roof), dekken (cover) derived from Old Dutch thecken derived from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (cover, roof).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þakjaną
Gloss
cover, roof
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -er English
- above English
- abovedeck English
- afterdeck English
- bedeck English
- bedecker English
- bedecketh English
- building English
- cyberdeck English
- deckbuilding English
- decker English
- deckest English
- decketh English
- deckful English
- deckhand English
- deckhead English
- deckhouse English
- deckless English
- decklid English
- decklike English
- decklist English
- deckman English
- deckscrub English
- deckside English
- decktop English
- deckward English
- deckwise English
- dicky English
- double English
- double-decker English
- foredeck English
- hand English
- head English
- helideck English
- holodeck English
- house English
- lid English
- list English
- main English
- maindeck English
- mess English
- messdeck English
- multideck English
- overdeck English
- quarter English
- quarterdeck English
- redeck English
- scrub English
- single-decker English
- spray English
- spraydeck English
- subdeck English
- sun English
- sundeck English
- top English
- topdeck English
- undeck English
- underdeck English
- Achterdeck German
- Bettdecke German
- Deck German
- Deckchen German
- Decke German
- Deckenfarbe German
- Deckenzapfen German
- Doppeldecker German
- Hauptdeck German
- Hinterdeck German
- Kunststoffdecke German
- Kuscheldecke German
- Oberdeck German
- Plüschdecke German
- Samtdecke German
- Schiffsdeck German
- Straßendecke German
- Tischdecke German
- Unterdeck German
- Vorderdeck German
- Wolkendecke German
- Wolldecke German
- deck Italian
- achterdek Dutch, Flemish
- anderhalfdekker Dutch, Flemish
- campagnedek Dutch, Flemish
- dek Dutch, Flemish
- deklast Dutch, Flemish
- driedekker Dutch, Flemish
- dubbeldekker Dutch, Flemish
- eendekker Dutch, Flemish
- halfdek Dutch, Flemish
- panoramadek Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwdek Dutch, Flemish
- tweedekker Dutch, Flemish
- vliegdek Dutch, Flemish
- voordek Dutch, Flemish
- wegdek Dutch, Flemish
- wolkendek Dutch, Flemish
- zonnedek Dutch, Flemish
- *þakiljǭ Proto-Germanic
- *þakjaną Proto-Germanic
- デッキ Japanese
- þeccan Old English
- dekke Middle English
- deic Irish
- þekja Old Norse
- dek Indonesian
- dec Middle Dutch
- decken Middle Dutch
- dekken Middle Dutch
- decchen Old High German
- thecken Old High German
- theckī Old High German
- decke Middle High German
- thecken Old Dutch
- thekkian Old Saxon
- thekka Old Frisian
- lid
- sun
- top
- -er
- mess
- head
- list
- main
- hand
- scrub
- above
- dicky
- spray
- house
- decker
- redeck
- double
- undeck
- bedeck
- quarter
- topdeck
- deckful
- decklid
- deckman
- decketh
- subdeck
- decktop
- sundeck
- deckest
- maindeck
- deckless
- building
- helideck
- deckhand
- deckwise
- holodeck
- overdeck
- deckward
- foredeck
- deckhead
- bedecker
- decklist
- messdeck
- deckside
- decklike
- bedecketh
- deckhouse
- underdeck
- abovedeck
- multideck
- afterdeck
- spraydeck
- deckscrub
- cyberdeck
- quarterdeck
- deckbuilding
- double-decker
- single-decker