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QUARTERDECK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quarterdeck mean?
• QUARTERDECK (noun)
The noun QUARTERDECK has 1 sense:
1. the stern area of a ship's upper deck
Familiarity information: QUARTERDECK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The stern area of a ship's upper deck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quarterdeck" is a kind of...):
deck (any of various platforms built into a vessel)
Holonyms ("quarterdeck" is a part of...):
shelter deck; weather deck (upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below)
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