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underdeck

underdeck noun: the part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.

Noun

underdeck (plural underdecks)

  1. The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.
    • During my nearly 20 years as an engineer with the New York City Department of Transportation, I witnessed numerous bridge failures, including the collapse of the West Side Highway in 1973, the fatal snap of a Brooklyn Bridge cable in 1981, and the 1989 fall of a concrete slab from the underdeck of...2007 August 13, Samuel I. Schwartz, “Catch Me, I’m Falling”, in New York Times

Forms of underdeck

pluralunderdecks

Origin of underdeck

From under- + deck.

Questions about underdeck

What does underdeck mean?
Underdeck means the part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.
What part of speech is underdeck?
Underdeck is a noun.
What is the plural of underdeck?
The plural of underdeck is underdecks.

Words near underdeck in the dictionary

  1. underdealing
  2. underdealings
  3. underdeals
  4. underdealt
  5. underdecided
  6. underdeck
  7. underdecks
  8. underdeclared
  9. underdefend
  10. underdefended
  11. underdefending

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