"dek" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-dek.ogg Forms: deks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of deck, to distinguish the word as not belonging in the story. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dek (plural deks)
  1. (journalism, slang) The subhead of a news story. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Mass media, Journalism Synonyms: deck
    Sense id: en-dek-en-noun-PrH-mFy6 Disambiguation of Journalism: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 1 0 1 32 32 3 12 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 35 35 2 11 5 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Numeral

Audio: En-au-dek.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From decimal. Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} dek
  1. The cardinal number occurring after nine and before el in a duodecimal system. Written ↊, decimal value 10. Related terms: roneat dek
    Sense id: en-dek-en-num-HnSrEx-f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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