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quarter-deck

quarter-deck is the alternative spelling of quarterdeck.

Meaning of quarterdeck

Noun

quarterdeck (plural quarterdecks)

  1. The aft part of the upper deck of a ship; normally reserved for officers

Forms of quarter-deck

pluralquarter-decks

Questions about quarter-deck

What is quarter-deck the alternative spelling of?
Quarter-deck is the alternative spelling of quarterdeck.

Words near quarter-deck in the dictionary

  1. quarter-castes
  2. quarter-centuries
  3. quarter-century
  4. quarter-day
  5. quarter-days
  6. quarter-deck
  7. quarter-decks
  8. quarter-eagle
  9. quarter-eagles
  10. quarter-eater
  11. quarter-eaters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quarter-deck (page history and authors); quarterdeck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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