## Meanings
1. The flat floor of a ship that you can walk on.
2. A complete set of playing cards.
3. A set of slides for a presentation.
4. To decorate something with attractive things.

## Examples
- We stood on the deck and watched the harbour disappear.
- He shuffled the deck and dealt seven cards to each player.
- She spent the evening polishing the slide deck for tomorrow's meeting.
- We decked the halls with holly for Christmas.

## Derived Forms
- abovedeck
- afterdeck
- bedeck
- belowdecks
- cyberdeck
- deck-chair
- deck-wise
- deckbuilding
- decker
- deckful
- deckhand
- deckhead

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dekke
- Root: dec
- Root: decken
- Root: thecken
- Root: *þakkjan
- Root: *þakjaną

## Etymology
From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.

## AI Etymology
deck comes from Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack. The historical chain includes Middle English dekke, Middle Dutch dec, Middle Dutch decken, odt thecken, Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, and later related forms. Current senses include The flat floor of a ship that you can walk on and A complete set of playing cards. English relatives and later formations include abovedeck, afterdeck, bedeck.

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- House & Home

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