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{
"term": "deck",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/ca/cards.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the top outside floor of a ship or boat",
"sensetop": "on deckbelow deck(s)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was the only person on deck at that time of night.",
"contextForm": "on deck"
},
{
"text": "When we heard the alarm, we went up on deck."
},
{
"text": "As the storm began, everyone disappeared below deck(s).",
"contextForm": "below deck(s)"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["open"],
"verb + deck": ["go up on"],
"preposition": ["below deck", "on deck"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "one of the floors of a ship or a bus",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **upper/lower/main deck** of a ship"
},
{
"text": "We sat on the top deck of the bus."
},
{
"text": "My cabin is on deck C."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["lower", "top", "upper"],
"verb + deck": ["swab"],
"preposition": ["on a/the deck"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a floor or platform similar to the deck of a ship",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is an open-air **observation deck** on the building's top floor."
},
{
"text": "He fell from the upper deck of the car park."
},
{
"text": "a **roof/rooftop deck**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a complete set of 52 playing cards",
"labels": "(both especially North American English)British English usually",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a wooden floor that is built outside the back of a house where you can sit and relax",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "After dinner we sat out on the deck."
}
],
"topics": ["Gardens"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["wooden", "back", "front"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a set of slides (= pages created on a computer that contain text and images) that are used to accompany a person’s presentation",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Nothing kills a presentation faster than reading off a deck of slides."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a part of a sound system that records and/or plays sounds on a disc or tape",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **cassette/tape deck**"
}
],
"topics": ["Music"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "everyone helps or must help, especially in a difficult situation",
"labels": "(saying, humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are 30 people coming to dinner tonight, so it's all hands on deck."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to prepare for an activity, event, etc. by removing anything that is not essential to it",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to fall to the ground",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dek/",
"audio": "de/deck/deck__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dek/",
"audio": "de/deck/deck__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Middle Dutch dec ‘covering, roof, cloak’, dekken ‘to cover’. Originally denoting canvas used to make a covering (especially on a ship), the term came to mean the covering itself, later denoting a solid surface serving as roof and floor."
}