deck

The definition of a deck is a floor or platform area extended from a building or ship.

(noun)

An example of a deck is a covered wooden area with seating in a backyard.

Deck is defined as a set of playing cards.

(noun)

An example of a deck is the set of cards that people use to play poker.

See deck in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any extended horizontal structure in a ship or boat serving as a floor and structural support, and covering, partially or fully, the portion of the vessel that is lower than it is
any platform, floor, shelf, etc. suggestive of a ship's deck; specif.,
1. an outdoor wooden platform enclosed by a low railing
2. a platform used for viewing: an observation deck
a section of tiered seating at a stadium: the upper deck
a set of playing cards; pack
☆ Slang a packet containing a narcotic, as heroin
tape deck

Origin: prob. aphetic < MLowG verdeck (< ver-, for- + decken, to cover: see thatch), transl. of It coperta, cover

transitive verb

☆ Slang to knock down; floor

transitive verb

to cover or clothe with finery or ornaments; adorn; trim: often followed by out
to furnish (a ship, etc.) with a deck
Archaic to cover

Origin: MDu decken, to cover: see thatch

See deck in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A platform extending horizontally from one side of a ship to the other.
a. A platform or surface likened to a ship's deck.
b. A roofless, floored structure, typically with a railing, that adjoins a house.
c. The roadway of a bridge or an elevated freeway.
a. A pack of playing cards.
b. A group of data processing cards.
A tape deck.
Slang A packet of narcotics.