Words / B2

DEK/dek/

A deck is a floor of a ship, a wooden platform, or a set of playing cards: the lower deck; a deck of cards. Pack is the usual British twin for cards; terrace is a close twin for a platform. Map the lower deck on the ship plan, then the passenger figure. Mix-up: deck vs desk; dock; do not write deck for a cruise slogan with no named deck or capacity.

Meaning

A floor of a ship; also a wooden platform; a set of playing cards (a deck of cards).

Examples

• “Map the lower deck on the ship plan, then the passenger figure, not a cruise slogan.”
• “A deck of cards featured in the probability practical, which is the pack sense — still name the sample space.”

Good to know

the upper / lower / flight deck; on deck; a deck of cards; decking. UK cards twin: pack. Trap: desk / dock. DT, maths, and geography. A ship floor, a platform, or a set of cards — specify.

Near in meaning

pack, platform, level

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