{
    "term": "deck",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/ca/cards.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the top outside floor of a ship or boat",
            "sensetop": "on deckbelow deck(s)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was the only person on deck at that time of night.",
                    "contextForm": "on deck"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When we heard the alarm, we went up on deck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As the storm began, everyone disappeared below deck(s).",
                    "contextForm": "below deck(s)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["open"],
                "verb + deck": ["go up on"],
                "preposition": ["below deck", "on deck"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "one of the floors of a ship or a bus",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **upper/lower/main deck** of a ship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sat on the top deck of the bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My cabin is on deck C."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lower", "top", "upper"],
                "verb + deck": ["swab"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the deck"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a floor or platform similar to the deck of a ship",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is an open-air **observation deck** on the building's top floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell from the upper deck of the car park."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **roof/rooftop deck**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a complete set of 52 playing cards",
            "labels": "(both especially North American English)British English usually",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a wooden floor that is built outside the back of a house where you can sit and relax",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After dinner we sat out on the deck."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Gardens"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["wooden", "back", "front"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a set of slides (= pages created on a computer that contain text and images) that are used to accompany a person’s presentation",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nothing kills a presentation faster than reading off a deck of slides."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a part of a sound system that records and/or plays sounds on a disc or tape",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **cassette/tape deck**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "everyone helps or must help, especially in a difficult situation",
            "labels": "(saying, humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are 30 people coming to dinner tonight, so it's all hands on deck."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to prepare for an activity, event, etc. by removing anything that is not essential to it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fall to the ground",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dek/",
                "audio": "de/deck/deck__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dek/",
                "audio": "de/deck/deck__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Middle Dutch dec ‘covering, roof, cloak’, dekken ‘to cover’. Originally denoting canvas used to make a covering (especially on a ship), the term came to mean the covering itself, later denoting a solid surface serving as roof and floor."
}