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Meaning of below decks | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

In or into any of the spaces below the main deck of a vessel.

Equivalents

Italiano sottocoperta

Examples

“[O]n the wind shifting and becoming more violent, the landsmen soon retired below decks.”
“Phaidor and I were taken below decks, where, still fast bound, we were thrown into a small compartment which contained a single port-hole.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

below ground below par below stairs below the belt below the fold below the gangway

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