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Decking

/ˈdɛkɪŋ/

To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

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📖 Definitions of "Decking"

verb

1
To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
2
To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
"Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?"
3
To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result.

verb

1
(sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
2
(sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
3
To cover; to overspread.

noun

1
The material from which a deck is made.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Decking"

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Word	Definition
floornoun	(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
dumpnoun	A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
decorateverb	(ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
adornverb	To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
bedeckverb	(transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn
bedightverb	(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
embellishverb	To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
coldcockverb	Alternative form of cold-cock. [(slang, transitive) To hit someone with a cold cock.]
knock downverb	To hit or collide with
beautifyverb	(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
gracenoun	(countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
deck of cardsnoun	Synonym of pack of cards.
pack of cardsnoun	A set of usually 52 playing cards divided into four suits used for playing a wide variety of card games such as pontoon, bridge, euchre, and poker.
bypassnoun	The act of going past or around.
apronnoun	An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
superstructurenoun	Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
surgerynoun	(medicine, usually uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
flooringnoun	A material used to make floors.
well decknoun	(nautical) A sunken deck between the forecastle and the poop.
timbernoun	(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.