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three-deckers

three-deckers is the plural of three-decker.

Meaning of three-decker

Noun

three-decker (plural three-deckers)

  1. Anything with three layers or levels.
    • He awoke at midday and walked down the road to a cafeteria where the short-order cook fixed him a delicious three-decker western sandwich and coffee.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Jamaica Version”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 168
    1. (historical) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
    2. (historical) An old-fashioned pulpit.

Questions about three-deckers

What is three-deckers the plural of?
Three-deckers is the plural of three-decker.

Words near three-deckers in the dictionary

  1. three-day fever
  2. three-day measles
  3. three-day sickness
  4. three-day weekend
  5. three-decker
  6. three-deckers
  7. three-dee
  8. three-dees
  9. three-dimensional
  10. three-dimensional chess
  11. three-dimensional printer

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