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Date "three-decker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
Synonyms: Three-deckerSynonyms: club sandwich (n), tripple-decker (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Three-decker |
| English words defined with "three-decker": Sally port, Sea pie, ship of the line. (references) |
| "Three-decker" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Three-decker" 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "three-decker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Manx | lhong tree lout. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ee-deckerthray tàu thuỷ ba boong. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "three-decker" (pronounced 'Three"-deck`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-e-h-k-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: reerected. | |
-4 letters: cheeked, cheered, cheerer, decreer, erected, erecter, reerect, retched. | |
-5 letters: cheder, decker, decree, etched, etcher, heeder, herder, recede, recked, reeked, reeker, teched. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 72 65 65 2D 64 65 63 6B 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01110010 01100101 01100101 00101101 01100100 01100101 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h r e e - d e c k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0072 0065 0065 002D 0064 0065 0063 006B 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547484717115707169777184 |
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