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upper deck

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. the uppermost continuous deck that is capable of being made watertight; freeboard deck.


Etymology

Origin of upper deck

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The switch-hitting catcher was batting left-handed in the first inning when he blasted a 93-mph fastball from Tanner Gordon 422 feet into the upper deck behind right field for home run No. 59.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

This was the kind of moment in which Shohei Ohtani would have blasted a ball into the upper deck, and that’s what Doncic did.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

Hissora, just ahead of Sarah, managed to make it to the upper deck.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025

They went to Sardinia and Scotland and rode on the upper deck of a London airport bus as it skimmed below trees.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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