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Deck

Deck may refer to:

In vehicles:

Deck (ship), an outdoor floor of a ship

In construction:

Deck (building), an outdoor floor attached to a building
Roof deck, a roof system
Observation deck, a platform situated upon a tall architectural structure or natural feature
Deck (bridge), the roadway surface of a bridge
Decking, a garden structure with a suspended wooden surface
The concrete or tile area surrounding a swimming pool
Another name for a storey.
Deck tiles, tiles of wood with a polypropylene base that interlock together
Deck arch bridge, a type of bridge
Orthotropic deck

In games and sports:

deck, the flat surface of a skateboard
Deck (cards), a collection of cards
Game deck, a video game system

People: Théodore Deck, 19th century French ceramicist.

In music:

a Head unit
a Phonograph turntable
Tape deck, a sound recording and playback device

In entertainment:

A stage (theatre)
Deck Afta, a character from the anime Space Runaway Ideon

In publishing: deck or dek, a phrase, sentence or several sentences near the title of an article or story

As a euphemism:

To strike or hit "I'll deck you"

See also

Common names for decks
Double decker
Deque - Double-ended queue

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Deck" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Dutch.

Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Dæk, Japanese: デッキ, Norwegian (Bokmål): Dekk, Swedish: Däck.


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