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abovedeck

abovedeck adverb: on deck.

Adverb

abovedeck (comparative more abovedeck, superlative most abovedeck)

  1. On deck.
    • Dress warmly so that you can stay abovedeck in the fresh air.1983, Steven K. Katona, Valerie Rough, David T. Richardson, A Field Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Seals of the Gulf of Maine and Eastern Canada, page 20
    • Abovedeck the air had been black with wind.2004, Courtney Angela Brkic, Stillness: And Other Stories

Adjective

abovedeck (comparative more abovedeck, superlative most abovedeck)

  1. Located on deck.
    • These heating elements allow the gun mount to continue to operate when the abovedeck temperature is as low as 40° C.1997, Jim Bomar, Gunner's Mate, page 5-44
    • The ship's rocking seemed less noticeable below the water's surface, so the first mate recommended that everyone come out of the abovedeck cabins and staterooms to weather the storm in the lower ballrooms.2016, Nessi Monstrata, Lagoona Blue and the Big Sea Scarecation

Noun

abovedeck

  1. The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
    • It's a good idea to plan these jobs in logical steps, working down from abovedeck to the bilge.1978, Martin Levin, How to Get from January Through December in Powerboating, page 174
    • The brightness from abovedeck made the shadowed interior all the darker.2004, Kurt R. A. Giambastiani, From the Heart of the Storm, page 276

Examples of abovedeck in a sentence

  • I wondered, sir, if you might like to accompany me abovedeck for some fresh air.2010, Cheryl Cooper, Come Looking for Me:
  • She was easily two hundred fifty feet long, with her dark, forbidding abovedeck casement taking up some two-thirds of that length.2016, Michael Kilian, Ironclad Alibi:
  • From abovedeck, shouts could be heard, mingling with the sound of running feet.2015, Sara Orwig, Tides of Passion:

Forms of abovedeck

Adverb
comparativemore abovedeck
superlativemost abovedeck
Adjective
comparativemore abovedeck
superlativemost abovedeck

Origin of abovedeck

From above + deck.

Questions about abovedeck

What does abovedeck mean?
Abovedeck means on deck.
How do you use abovedeck in a sentence?
I wondered, sir, if you might like to accompany me abovedeck for some fresh air.
What part of speech is abovedeck?
Abovedeck can be an adverb, an adjective or a noun.

Words near abovedeck in the dictionary

  1. above-the-neck rule
  2. above-water
  3. above-written
  4. aboveboard
  5. abovecited
  6. abovedeck
  7. abovedescribed
  8. aboveground
  9. abovelisted
  10. abovementioned
  11. abovenamed

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