double-decker

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport“he always rode the bus to work”Synonyms: busautobuscoachcharabancjitneymotorbusmotorcoachomnibuspassenger vehicle
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Double-decker \Dou"ble-deck"er\, n.

1.(Naut.)

1.A man-of-war having two gun decks. [1913 Webster]

2. (a) A tenement house having two families on each floor. [Local, U. S.] (b) A biplane a["e]roplane or kite. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3.anything having two decks or levels, as a bus with two levels for passengers. In older vehicles, less often today, the upper deck was open, as on street cars. [Colloq.] [PJC]

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