Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

messdeck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mess-deck
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mess on board a ship.

Example Sentences

"[F]or on the messdeck it was freely acknowledged that what the Old Man didn’t know about the dodges and wrinkles of sailors it wasn’t much use writing about."

Etymology

From mess + deck.

Inflected Forms

messdecks (plural) mess deck (alternative)

Questions

What does messdeck mean?: The mess on board a ship.
Where does messdeck come from?: From mess + deck.

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