triple-decker

[trip-uhl-dek-er]

noun

1. three-decker.

Word History and Origins

Origin of triple-decker¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Thanks to the triple-decker stacking, a liquid crystal exhibited remarkable electricconductivity as well as thermotropicity; that is, an order parameter that depends on temperature.

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Essentially there's almost nothing I am afraid of, except the dark basement in the triple-decker apartment where I live.

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In one brazen attack, militants targeted a triple-decker passenger boat, killing 49 civilians.

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Gordillo and her husband set up a queen mattress for themselves and a triple-decker bunk bed, an arm’s length away, for the children.

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At one end of the building are luxe hostel rooms with triple-decker bunk beds, thick mattresses and a common area.

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