| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To floor, earth or ground.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To ornament, garnish, adorn or caparison. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To decorate, embellish, embroider or beautify. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To tinsel or spangle.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb deck.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (deck) | 1. Be beautiful to look at.[Wordnet]. 2. Decorate; "deck the halls with holly".[Wordnet]. 3. Knock down with force; "He decked his opponent".[Wordnet]. 4. To cover; to overspread.[Websters]. 5. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.[Websters]. 6. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: decking, decked, decks, decker, deckers, deckingly and deckedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "decking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Specialty Definition: decking
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Covering; arraying; adorning.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Building & Civil Engineering | Thick timber flooring or roofing for heavy service and/or wide intervals between joists. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | A. The operation of changing the tubs on a cage at top and bottom of a shaft. Also called caging b. Separating charges of explosives by inert material and placing a primer in each charge. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of deck. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: decking
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Timber Decking | Timber Decking can be used in a number of ways, including as part of garden landscaping, to extend living areas of houses, and as an alternative to stone based features such as patios. Basic materials to create decking can be found in many retail DIY outlets. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: decking
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Air decking | Mining | The use of air space or a void within a blast hole between an explosive charge and inert stemming to enhance the shock wave detonation force. (references) | |
| Decking area | Geology | A site where logs are collected after they are cut and before they are taken to the landing area where they are loaded for transport. (references) | |
| Decking Churches | Literature | Isaiah (lx. 13) says: "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee; the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary." The "glory of Lebanon" is the cedar-tree. These are not the evergreens mainly used in church decorations. At Christmas the holly is chiefly used, though those mentioned by Isaiah abound. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Decking level | Mining | The level at which a cage comes to rest at the pit head and pit bottom for unloading and loading mine cars. (references) | |
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