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lower deck
[ loh-er ]
/ ˈloʊ ər /
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noun Nautical.
the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
the deck next above the lowermost, or orlop, deck in a hull having four or more decks.
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Origin of lower deck
First recorded in 1700–10
Words nearby lower deck
lower chamber,
Lower Chinook,
lower class,
lowerclassman,
lower criticism,
lower deck,
Lower East Side,
Lower Egypt,
lower fungus,
lower hold,
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How to use lower deck in a sentence
A few people have given up, withdrawing to the lower deck for a rallying snack.
For example, 55 percent of Wrigley Field’s lower deck is covered by overhang — the greatest mark in baseball, according to Clem’s database.
Dossi initially was listed in critical condition with wounds to his arm and lower back.
Girls raised in households with more equitable fathers show lower rates of unwanted sex.
Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.
States were encouraged and allowed to lower standards to make it appear they were improving.
I learned that he was working and living in the Lower East Side, delivering orders for an Italian restaurant and raising two kids.
It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
British Dictionary definitions for lower deck
noun
the deck of a ship situated immediately above the hold
informal the petty officers and seamen of a ship collectively
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