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Definition: QUARTER-DECK |
QUARTER-DECKNoun1. That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. |
Date "QUARTER-DECK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1702. (references) |
Crosswords: QUARTER-DECK |
| English words defined with "QUARTER-DECK": Breastrail ♦ Companion ladder ♦ Frigate-built ♦ Quarter railing, Quarter rails. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | U.S.S. New Orleans, looking forward from quarter-deck. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "QUARTER-DECK" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "QUARTER-DECK" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "QUARTER-DECK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 处所舱板. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tisztikar (officer corps, upper-deck ratings), tisztek, tatfedélzet, megemelt hátsó fedélzet, hátsó fedélzet (aft deck, after deck, quarter deck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 내무반 갑판. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arter-deckquay ют (poop, quarterdeck), шканцы (quarter deck). (various references) akterdäck (after-deck, quarter deck, quarterdeck). (various references) pedryfwrdd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: quarterdeck. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-k-q-r-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: quartered, retracked. | |
-3 letters: cratered, creature, racketed, recrated, reracked, retacked, retraced, terraced, traducer, tuckered. | |
-4 letters: catered, caterer, cerated, creaked, created, curated, educate, equated, eructed, quacked, quarter, racquet, reacted, recrate, reducer, retaker, retrace, retrack, retread, terrace, tracked, tracker, traduce, treader, trucked, trucker. | |
-5 letters: acuter, arcked, carder, career, carked, carted, carter, cerate, crated, crater, create, cruder, curare. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-k-q-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: quarterdecks. | |
+2 letters: quarterbacked. | |
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