QUARTERDECK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The stern area of a ship's upper deck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("quarterdeck" is a kind of...):

deck (any of various platforms built into a vessel)

Holonyms ("quarterdeck" is a part of...):

shelter deck; weather deck (upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below)

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