UPPER DECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upper deck mean? 

• UPPER DECK (noun)
  The noun UPPER DECK has 1 sense:

1. a higher deck

  Familiarity information: UPPER DECK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPPER DECK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A higher deck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("upper deck" is a kind of...):

deck (any of various platforms built into a vessel)

Meronyms (parts of "upper deck"):

deck-house (a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upper deck"):

boat deck (the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)

bridge; bridge deck (an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands)

freeboard deck (the uppermost watertight deck)

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

 Context examples 

The front seat of a car, forward cars of a train, upper deck on a boat or wing seats in a plane may give you a smoother ride.

(Motion Sickness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

In fact, I remember the placid exaltation with which I took up my position on the forward upper deck, directly beneath the pilot-house, and allowed the mystery of the fog to lay hold of my imagination.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)