Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdeck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-deck
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.

Example Sentences

"During my nearly 20 years as an engineer with the New York City Department of Transportation, I witnessed numerous bridge failures, including the collapse of the West Side Highway in 1973, the fatal snap of a Brooklyn Bridge cable in 1981, and the 1989 fall of a concrete slab from the underdeck of Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, which crushed a Brooklyn dentist in his car."

Etymology

From under- + deck.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

underdecks (plural)

Questions

What does underdeck mean?: The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.
Where does underdeck come from?: From under- + deck.

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