noun / verb
deck
A flat platform forming a floor.
We eat dinner on the deck behind our house.
Etymology
The Dutch source concerns a covering. A ship’s deck covers the space below while providing a platform, and the name broadened to similar flat floors.
More examples
- Waves washed over the deck of the boat.
- Stairs connect the ferry's two passenger decks.
- The boxer decked his opponent with a single punch.
Forms
deck · decks · decked · decking
decking noun — Boards or other material forming a deck.