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messdeck

messdeck noun: the mess on board a ship.

Noun

messdeck (plural messdecks)

  1. The mess on board a ship.
    • [F]or on the messdeck it was freely acknowledged that what the Old Man didn’t know about the dodges and wrinkles of sailors it wasn’t much use writing about.1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 8

Forms of messdeck

pluralmessdecks
alternative formmess deck

Origin of messdeck

From mess + deck.

Questions about messdeck

What does messdeck mean?
Messdeck means the mess on board a ship.
What part of speech is messdeck?
Messdeck is a noun.
What is the plural of messdeck?
The plural of messdeck is messdecks.

Words near messdeck in the dictionary

  1. Messapic
  2. Messapii
  3. Messas
  4. messboy
  5. messboys
  6. messdeck
  7. messdecks
  8. Messecar
  9. messed
  10. messed about
  11. messed around

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