| deck tennis | game played mainly on board ocean liners, players toss a ring back and forth over a net that is stretched across a small court |
| bell deck | a floor under the bells of an open belfry |
| boat deck | the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored |
| bridge bridge deck | an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands |
cargo area
cargo deck
cargo hold
hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
| cassette deck | a tape deck for playing and recording cassette tapes |
| deck | any of various platforms built into a vessel |
| deck | street name for a packet of illegal drugs |
| deck | a porch that resembles the deck on a ship |
deck chair
beach chair | a folding chair for use outdoors, a wooden frame supports a length of canvas |
| deck-house | a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship |
flight deck
landing deck | the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, used as a runway |
| freeboard deck | the uppermost watertight deck |
| gun deck | formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end |
hurricane deck
hurricane roof
promenade deck
awning deck | a deck at the top of a passenger ship |
| lido deck | an open deck including a swimming pool |
lower deck
third deck | the deck below the main deck |
main deck
second deck | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |
orlop deck
orlop
fourth deck | the fourth or lowest deck |
| poop deck | an exposed partial weather deck on the stern superstructure of a ship |
shipping
cargo ships
merchant marine
merchant vessels | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry |
| sun deck | an unroofed deck |
| tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers), a component in an audio system |
| upper deck | a higher deck |
weather deck
shelter deck | upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below |
pack of cards
deck of cards
deck | a pack of playing cards |
overdress
dress up
fig out
fig up
deck up
gussy up
fancy up
trick up
deck out
trick out
prink
attire
get up rig out
tog up
tog out
edc | put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive, She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera, The young girls were all fancied up for the party |
deck
coldcock
dump
knock down
floor | knock down with force, He decked his opponent |
deck
bedight
bedeck | decorate, deck the halls with holly |
hit the dirt
hit the deck | fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger, The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire |
| sheer | cause to sheer, She sheered her car around the obstacle |
swerve
sheer
curve
trend
veer
slue
slew
cut | turn sharply, change direction abruptly, The car cut to the left at the intersection, The motorbike veered to the right |
deck
adorn
decorate
grace
embellish
beautify | be beautiful to look at, Flowers adorned the tables everywhere |
absolute downright
out-and-out(a)
rank(a)
right-down
sheer(a) | complete and without restriction or qualification, sometimes used informally as intensifiers, absolute freedom, an absolute dimwit, a downright lie, out-and-out mayhem, an out-and-out lie, a rank outsider, many right-down vices, got the job through sheer persistence, sheer stupidity |
bluff
bold
sheer | very steep, having a prominent and almost vertical front, a bluff headland, where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise, a sheer descent of rock |
plain
sheer
unmingled
unmixed | not mixed with extraneous elements, plain water, sheer wine, not an unmixed blessing |
b diaphanous
filmy
gauzy
gauze-like
gossamer
see-through
sheer
transparent
vaporous
vapourous
cobwebby b | so thin as to transmit light, a hat with a diaphanous veil, filmy wings of a moth, gauzy clouds of dandelion down, gossamer cobwebs, sheer silk stockings, transparent chiffon, vaporous silks |
| sheer | directly, he fell sheer into the water |
| sheer perpendicularly | straight up or down without a break |