deck
n. countablen. a flat, wooden floor outside a house or on a ship. You use it to enjoy the sun or walk around while traveling on water.
n. a flat, floor-like surface, typically constructed of wood, extending from a building or forming a level of a ship.
We sat on the wooden deck to watch the sunset.
The passengers gathered on the upper deck of the ferry to take photos of the approaching harbor.
Architects often incorporate a multi-level deck into residential designs to bridge the transition between interior living spaces and the natural topography of the garden.
Commonly used with 'on' to indicate location; in nautical contexts, it functions as the equivalent of a floor.
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few cards shy of a full deck
Mentally deranged; demented; insane.
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play with a full deck
To behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.
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rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
To do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem.