Noun

Singular deck

Plural decks

deck (plural decks)

1. Any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
2. A pack or set of playing cards.
3. (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

   Argh, maties! Swab the deck!

Deck may refer to:

In vehicles:

• Deck (ship), an outdoor floor of a ship

In construction:

• Deck (building), an outdoor floor attached to a building
• Roof Deck, an roof system
• Observation deck, an platform situated upon a tall architectural structure or natural feature
• Deck (bridge), the roadway surface of a bridge
• Decking, a garden structure with a suspended wooden surface
• The concrete or tile area surrounding a swimming pool
• Another name for a storey.
• Deck tiles, tiles of wood with a polypropylene base that interlock together
• Deck arch bridge, a type of bridge
• Orthotropic deck

In games and sports:

• deck, the flat surface of a skateboard
• Deck (cards), a collection of cards
• Game deck, a video game system

People:

• Théodore Deck, 19th century French ceramicist.

In music:

• a Head unit
• a Phonograph turntable
• Tape deck, a sound recording and playback device

In entertainment:

• A stage (theatre)
• Deck Afta, a character from the anime Space Runaway Ideon

In publishing:

• deck or dek, a phrase, sentence or several sentences near the title of an article or story

As a euphemism:

• To strike or hit "I'll deck you"