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underdeck

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

DeutschUnterdeck

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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

underdefinition underdeliverer underdelivery underdensities underdensity underdetection

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