decker
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈdɛkər/
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- But it's like, as explained to us, the standard red buses, double Decker buses you see in London, painted olive green.
- a double-decker
- a triple-decker
- a decker bus
The party barge, the double Decker pontoon.
- The party barge, the double Decker pontoon.
- Roll yourself down the stairs of a double Decker bus when it's moving.
- They shut the road and on it they'd like a, a, a London double Decker bus with let's have flags with in the city firm or West Ham flags on it.
- They shut the road and on it they'd like a, a, a London double Decker bus with let's show flags with in the city firm or West Ham flags on it.
- Like where else are you going to find a laptop with a design like this with a double Decker layer to it like this with this cool hinge?
Examples
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A hot tub on a double Decker bus.
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Now can you raise your hands if you travelled here today on a red London double Decker bus?
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We are going on a bus tour and so we're currently on like one of these double Decker things.
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We were in a triple Decker house up on Lee St.
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This really cool double Decker plane, it's called the Interlock biplane.
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The party barge, the double Decker pontoon.
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I did take the double-deckers from that same company in NYC and London.
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In England during that time, the Brits used double-decker buses, and smoking was allowed on the top deck.
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Perhaps the most unusual is this triple-decker in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice.
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Many tourists enjoy visiting London on a red double decker bus.
How Many Levels
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7.2
5
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decker comes from the simple word deck, meaning a ship's 'floor' or 'layer', plus the ending -er which means 'something with' that layer. So a double-decker has two levels and a three-decker has three, and that image of stacked floors helps you remember the meaning.