boat deck
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2.7
- noun
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cubierta superior
- No more lifeboats on the boat deck.
Examples
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We have representatives from the shipping company with us, living on the upper boat deck.
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When he swung that crate of stores to me off the boat deck, I banged it on the dock so hard that a slat busted.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now this will take us up to the boat deck.
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- Then what, - take them up on the boat deck?
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- Keep straight on for the boat deck.
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Ringer, boat deck portside, lifeboat's missing.
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He lurched toward the ladder to the boat deck with Hansen close behind him.
Fiction book (1998) -
Madam, please, put on a lifebelt, get to the boat deck immediately.
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Sir, the boat deck is manned and ready for the lifeboat launch.
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The wind rustled the palms, and the visitors on the boat deck clutched their hats.
Synonyms
808
1.3
A flat wooden platform outside a house for sitting or walking
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3.4
A higher level on a ship or in a stadium where people sit
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6.4
Top outside part of a ship open to rain and wind that protects the area below
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the deck of a boat' is directly and compositionally derived from 'boat' (a watercraft) + 'deck' (a flat platform), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this MWE. The noun+noun partitive/locative pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English compounding, making the expression immediately understandable even if the precise maritime nuance (e.g. lifeboat storage) is more specific.
Etymology
The noun boat deck comes from ships: it is the deck where the boats for rescue are kept and from which they are launched. So, boat deck means the upper deck where 'lifeboats' are stored and sent out in an emergency.