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three-decker

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three-deck·er (thrdkr)
n.
1. A ship having three decks, especially one of a class of sail-powered warships with guns on three decks.
2. Something with three levels or layers, as:
a. A three-story apartment building.
b. A sandwich having three slices of bread.
three-decker
Noun
1. a warship with guns on three decks
2. anything that has three levels, layers, or tiers
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.three-deckerthree-decker - made with three slices of usually toasted bread
club sandwich, triple-decker
sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
2.three-decker - any ship having three decks
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
3.three-decker - a warship carrying guns on three decks
combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war


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Built by a retired admiral in the early years of the nineteenth century, the curving bow windows of the front, now filled with reddish-yellow light, suggested a portly three-decker, sailing seas where those dolphins and narwhals who disport themselves upon the edges of old maps were scattered with an impartial hand.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
It was this quality above all others which moved such boys as our hero, who had nothing whatever remarkable about him except excess of boyishness--by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to sink a three-decker.
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