belowdecks
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of belowdecks
Example Sentences
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Most worryingly, he didn’t hear the sound that had filled belowdecks for the past three months at sea: the hum of the ship’s generator.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
There was even a TV ad featuring a solo trans-Atlantic sailor named Ken Clift who, in a raging storm, goes belowdecks to sip coffee from a globe mug.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2022
Kim and I grasped each other's hands, moving our heads like antennae to search for sounds from belowdecks.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
I was standing a watch belowdecks during a relatively calm stretch of weather after we had been forced to put to sea because of an approaching hurricane.
From Time Magazine Archive
Huge pipes carried steam created in enormous belowdecks boilers, which supplied heat to the officers’ cabins and the crew’s living quarters.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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