deck
/dɛk/ noun B2- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- 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. · Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel· to swab the deck
- A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
- A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
Plural decks
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The next morning going on deck, as he always did at an early hour, the patron found Dantès leaning against the bulwarks gazing with intense earnestness at a pile of granite rocks, which the rising sun tinged with rosy light.
Two hours afterwards he came on deck, as the boat was about to double the Island of Elba.
It was time, for just as I jumped the deck burst with a noise like the broadside of a man-of-war.
When he opened his eyes Dantès found himself on the deck of the tartan.
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