Sunday, 10 April 2016

Homonyms - Deck (As a Noun and Verb)


(noun)
1.  a flat area built across the space between the sides of a boat.
Ø     Jack and Gary sat on the deck and talked for hours.

2.  one of the floors of a bus
Ø     The kids just love sitting on the upper deck of the bus.

3.  a set (of cards)
Ø     Everyone was getting restless sitting around in the house doing nothing. Thankfully, Nick found a deck of cards in one of the drawers. So, we played poker.


(verb) – decorate
Ø     Our office was decked with flowers from well wishers when we  first opened for business.


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