DECKS
/dɛks/
12
Scrabble
13
WWF
D(2) E(1) C(3) K(5) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/dɛks/
noun
- 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. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.“to swab the deck”
- A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
- (by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
verb
- To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.“Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?”
- To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result.
verb
- (sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
- (sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
- To cover; to overspread.
Source: Wiktionary
