lower deck
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- noun
- Specialized
:
cubierta inferior
- On the ride back, we sat outside on the lower deck, where waves splashed over the side, and the sound of the engines made it impossible to talk.
- seats in the lower deck
- descended to the lower deck
- lower deck of the ship
Examples
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The crew members gathered their belongings and headed to the lower deck for some rest.
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Tarbell asked pleasantly as we walked down the carved wooden staircase to the ship's lower deck.
Fiction book (2000) -
Go to the lower deck.
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Get all the wounded down to the lower deck!
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Randy's on the lower deck, moving inside.
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Vivian appeared at a door on the lower deck, and I spoke to her quickly.
Fiction book (1990) -
But almost immediately upon leaving my cabin, I had gotten lucky and found a young sailor standing alone on the lower deck.
Fiction book (1996) -
They'll be opening the lower deck ports when the orders are given.
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Rebecca and Kenny cleaned the lower deck.
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The broker keeps a speedboat on the lower deck and a landing pad for his helicopter on the upper deck.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
Below the ship's main deck for equipment or rooms
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'lower deck' is directly compositional: 'lower' (positioned below) modifies 'deck' (a ship platform), so the combined meaning 'the deck below the main deck' is immediately derivable by a learner who knows both words. This is a common, literal compound structure found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name lower deck comes from the simple image of the lower part of a ship and the deck, meaning its floor. It was where sailors slept or where goods were kept, so today lower deck means the 'lower part of a ship' used for crew or storage.