DOUBLE-DECKER


Meaning of DOUBLE-DECKER in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: double deck (from double (I) + deck ) + -er

1. : a ship with two decks above the waterline

2. : a conveyance with one level over another level for additional passengers, stock, or freight (as a railway car, bus, or airplane)

3. : a house or building (as a 2-family tenement) having two stories

4. : biplane

5. : something having two horizontal layers like decks: as

a. : a large machine having upper and lower operating platforms (as a printing press)

b. : two single beds one above the other

c. : sandwich made of three layers of bread and two of filling

d. : an outdoor advertising stand with one billboard built on top of another

6. : a long novel in two volumes

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.