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underdecks

underdecks is the plural of underdeck.

Meaning of underdeck

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

Questions about underdecks

What is underdecks the plural of?
Underdecks is the plural of underdeck.

Words near underdecks in the dictionary

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

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