three-decker

English

Noun

three-decker (plural three-deckers)

  1. Anything with three layers or levels.
    • 1972, Emily Coleman, Making friends with the opposite sex, page 198:
      I planned to splurge on a three-decker cone. All the flavors looked so good that I couldn't decide which three to have.
    1. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”).
    2. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”).
    3. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”).
    4. Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”).
    5. (nautical, historical) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
    6. (historical) An old-fashioned pulpit.

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