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| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | A term applied to a weather deck forecastle or poop, which is rounded over at sides in order to shed the water rapidly in heavy weather. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Probably photographed soon after she was completed. Her upper hull form was later changed to give her a forecastle in place of the low "turtle deck" seen here. This pleasure boat served as USS Ono (SP-128) in 1917-1919. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "TURTLE DECK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | hvalbak (turtleback, whaleback). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | whaleback (turtleback, whaleback). (various references) | ||||
French | pont en dos de tortue (turtleback). (various references) | ||||
German | Walrueckendeck (turtleback, whaleback), Schildkroetendeck (turtleback, whaleback), Runddeck (turtleback, whaleback). (various references) | ||||
Italian | ponte arcuato a "dorso di balena". (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | urtletay eckday | ||||
Misspellings | |
"TURTLE DECK" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: turtledeck. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-k-l-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cluttered. | |
-2 letters: curetted, lectured, relucted, truckled, tuckered. | |
-3 letters: clerked, clutter, curette, cuttled, eructed, lecture, lettuce, ruckled, trucked, truckle, turtled, ulcered, uttered. | |
-4 letters: curdle, curled, cutler, cutlet, cutter, cuttle, deckel, decker, deckle, detect, ducker, dueler, dulcet, eluder, eluted, kelter, kettle, letted, letter, lucked, lurked, recked, reduce, reluct, retted, rucked, ruckle, rutted, teledu, tercel, tercet, truced. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-k-l-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: turtlenecked. | |
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| 1. Images: Photo Album 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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