deckhouse
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- noun
- /ˈdɛkˌhaʊs/
- US
:
casa de cubierta
- After completing their work, they gathered in the deckhouse to discuss their plans for the next day.
- side of the deckhouse
Examples
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Dodge can be seen stepping from the deckhouse on the tug, which now lists at a near 45-degree angle.
Fiction book (2002) -
Okay, we'll start in the deckhouse.
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Just saw in the deckhouse.
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Somewhere in the deckhouse.
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Murphy stops to shout back at the deckhouse. Dodge! INT.
Fiction book (2002) -
That night she'd been here, there was a while when the room was like a deckhouse, like they were at sea, lights out in the watery darkness, fascinating, beacons or boats or whatever.
Fiction book (1997) -
Water is starting to pour out of the deckhouse hatch as the towering framework rising over the pilothouse stabs precariously at the bow of the Chimera.
Fiction book (2002) -
During the storm, the crew took refuge in the deckhouse to avoid the heavy rain.
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The old fishing boat had a cozy deckhouse where the fishermen stored their gear.
Synonyms
A small shelter on a ship's upper deck where people stay or store things
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Etymology
Deckhouse comes from two simple words: deck 'the ship's floor' and house 'a building or shelter'. So a deckhouse is literally a small 'house' built on a ship's deck for shelter, storage, or work.