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afterdeck
[ af-ter-dek, ahf- ]
afterdeck
/ ˈɑːftəˌdɛk /
noun
- nautical the unprotected deck behind the bridge of a ship
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Word History and Origins
Origin of afterdeck1
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Example Sentences
He could see a masthead light, her red light (with glasses), and a "glare of white lights on her afterdeck."
He appeared with his usual cheerful whistle on his lips and made up a fine game of hide and seek on the afterdeck.
It was quite black on the afterdeck by this time, minus lanterns.
He looked a fellow the Doctor might require, so I marked him down when he settled near a hatch on the afterdeck.
Tom, bending sideways to look down past the machine gun, saw the entire afterdeck of the Zeppelin.
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