"three-decker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: three-deckers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} three-decker (plural three-deckers)
  1. Anything with three layers or levels.
    Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”)
    Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: triple-decker (extra: type of sandwich)
    Sense id: en-three-decker-en-noun-GLAx1~Kk
  2. Anything with three layers or levels.
    Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”)
    Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: triple-decker (extra: type of bus)
    Sense id: en-three-decker-en-noun-UDM6V3Hk
  3. Anything with three layers or levels.
    Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”)
    Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: triple-decker (extra: type of apartment building) Categories (topical): Sandwiches
    Sense id: en-three-decker-en-noun-TC8FeQOg Disambiguation of Sandwiches: 10 6 24 6 19 28 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 45 5 36 6 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 5 40 6 36 5 3
  4. Anything with three layers or levels.
    Alternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”)
    Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: triple-decker (extra: type of headline)
    Sense id: en-three-decker-en-noun-oWAKoFZX
  5. Anything with three layers or levels.
    (nautical, historical) A sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nautical, Sandwiches Translations (warship): trojpalubník [masculine] (Czech), trois-ponts [masculine] (French), Dreidecker [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-three-decker-en-noun-HJgjpNTT Disambiguation of Sandwiches: 10 6 24 6 19 28 6 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 4 31 5 48 5 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 5 40 6 36 5 3 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'warship': 1 1 17 1 79 1 1
  6. Anything with three layers or levels.
    (historical) An old-fashioned pulpit.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Sandwiches
    Sense id: en-three-decker-en-noun-ZrZGtWMO Disambiguation of Sandwiches: 10 6 24 6 19 28 6
  7. Anything with three layers or levels.
    Sense id: en-three-decker-en-noun-2nwjkNlp

Inflected forms

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