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QUARTERDECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quarterdeck mean? 

QUARTERDECK (noun)
  The noun QUARTERDECK has 1 sense:

1. the stern area of a ship's upper deckplay

  Familiarity information: QUARTERDECK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUARTERDECK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The stern area of a ship's upper deck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("quarterdeck" is a kind of...):

deck (any of various platforms built into a vessel)

Holonyms ("quarterdeck" is a part of...):

shelter deck; weather deck (upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below)


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