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deckhouse

deckhouse noun: a cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.

Noun

deckhouse (plural deckhouses)

  1. A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
    • Flinging himself on hands and knees he dragged the girl down with him. As he did so two of her companions came sliding down to their assistance, and the four glissaded back to the deckhouse as the following roll began.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 5, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
    • Then, through his web of contacts, he was told that the Nightingale’s original deckhouse was being used as a cottage on a private island outside of Kragero, Norway, a shipbuilding port.2008 January 4, Wendy Moonan, “The Auction Block Is the Next Stop for a Well-Traveled Lady”, in New York Times

Forms of deckhouse

pluraldeckhouses

Origin of deckhouse

From deck + house.

Questions about deckhouse

What does deckhouse mean?
Deckhouse means a cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
What part of speech is deckhouse?
Deckhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of deckhouse?
The plural of deckhouse is deckhouses.

Words near deckhouse in the dictionary

  1. deckhanded
  2. deckhanding
  3. deckhands
  4. deckhead
  5. deckheads
  6. deckhouse
  7. deckhouses
  8. deckie
  9. deckies
  10. decking
  11. decking out

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