1. Any of various platforms built into a vessel
   "Passengers gathered on the upper deck to watch the sunset"
    
2. A porch that resembles the deck on a ship
   "They enjoyed their morning coffee on the deck overlooking the lake"
    
3. A pack of 52 playing cards
   "He shuffled the deck before dealing";
   - pack of cards, deck of cards, pack [Brit]
    
4. An open garden platform used as an outdoor seating area, usually made of wood
   "They spent summer evenings relaxing on their new deck"
    
5. A sound-production unit
   "The DJ set up his deck for the party"
    
6. A set of slides for a presentation
   "She prepared a deck for the quarterly meeting"
    
7. [slang] Street name for a packet of illegal drugs
   "The undercover officer attempted to purchase a deck from the suspect"

1. [informal] Knock down with force
   "He decked his opponent";
   - coldcock [N. Amer, informal], knock down, floor
    
2. Serve to decorate and look nice
   "Flowers decked the tables everywhere";
   - adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
    
3. Decorate
   "deck the halls with holly";
   - bedight [archaic], bedeck

Derived forms: decked, decking, decks

Type of: adorn, be, beat, beautify, decorate, embellish, exist, fancify, grace, ornament, pack, packet, platform, porch

Part of: ship

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