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The Meaning of deck

  • (v. t.) To cover; to overspread.
  • (v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
  • (v.) 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.
  • (v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
  • (v.) The roof of a passenger car.
  • (v.) A pack or set of playing cards.
  • (v.) A heap or store.

Synonyms

deck of cards , pack of cards , fancify , grace , dramatise , bedeck , ornament , adorn , dump , decorate , clothe , aggrandise , invest , blow up , aggrandize , embroider , dress , lard , coldcock , embellish , prettify , bedight , beautify , floor , knock down , pad , dramatize , blow out of the water , push down , shock , down , cut down , underprice , ball over , pull down , ditch , plunge , take aback , blast , garnish , illustrate , gild , be

Antonyms

disfigure , mar , spoil , deface , deform

Homophones

dec , dech

Rhymes

aztec , baek , bec , beck , bedeck , biotech , blech , bleck , bo-shek , bottleneck , breakneck , breck , brekke , brubeck , cech , check , chek , cheque , czech , dec , dech , dehecq , discotheque , domecq , dreck , dubcek , dweck , eck , ek , exec , feck , fleck , francek , frech , freck , gacek , geck , heck , henpeck , jacek , jech , keck , kleck , krech , labrecque , lech , leck , lek , lubeck , macek , mcpeck , mech , meck , nec , neck , opec , parsec , paycheck , pech , peck , placek , polytech , ptacek , quarterdeck , quebec , quek , rec , receptech , rech , recheck , reck , redneck , ringneck , roughneck , rubeck , scheck , schmeck , schneck , schreck , sec , sheck , shek , shreck , sneck , spec , speck , stec , stech , steck , streck , teaneck , tec , tech , teck , tek , trek , turtleneck , vacek , vanek , vanhecke , vanvleck , vasotec , weck , whelk , wnek , wreck , yeck , zacek , zech , zeck