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# deck

«deck» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of playing cards** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (deck, decks); verb (deck, decks, decked — to decorate)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A deck is a set of playing cards. A usual deck has 52 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#m1)

2) A deck is a floor of a ship or bus, like the top deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#m2)

3) A deck is a wooden floor outside a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#m3)

4) To deck is to decorate, as in «deck the halls». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a set of cards (52 in a usual deck, in 4 suits of 13), or an area to build or paint (area = length × width); dealing equally means divide; chance of drawing a card; everyday life: card games, the top deck of a bus, sitting on the deck in summer; stories: sailors on the deck of a ship

### examples

- A deck has 52 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x1)
- She dealt the deck equally to 4 players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x2)
- He paints a deck that is 10 feet by 12 feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x3)
- They have 3 decks of cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x4)
- We sat on the top deck of the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x5)
- The sailors stood on the deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x6)
- Shuffle the deck before you deal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x7)
- Deck the halls with holly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x8)
- Ralph the Rover walked the deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/#x9)

### note

A hidden number: a standard deck is 52 cards. As a wooden floor it is an area problem. Trap: dealing a deck equally means divide by the number of players (52 ÷ 4 = 13). British English says «pack of cards» too.

### In the corpora

- ["Not playing with a full deck" (US) means stupid or a bit mad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/15/)
- ["One card short of a full deck" means stupid or a bit mad; it is a humorous phrase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/11/)
- [A full deck of playing cards, without the jokers, has 52 cards: 4 suits of 13.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/237-a-deck-of-cards/0/)
- [New cars travel to dealers on double-deck car transporter lorries, and car ships can carry several thousand cars at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/8-how-a-car-is-built/16/)
- [If the ship pushes aside water that weighs as much as the whole ship before its deck reaches the waterline, it floats.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deck» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deck/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.