Usually means: Elevated deck behind ship's mast.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word quarterdeck:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. quarterdeck: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quarterdeck: Merriam-Webster
  3. quarterdeck: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quarterdeck: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quarterdeck: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quarterdeck: Vocabulary.com
  7. Quarterdeck, quarterdeck: Wordnik
  8. quarterdeck: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. quarterdeck: Wiktionary
  10. quarterdeck: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. quarterdeck: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. quarterdeck: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. quarterdeck: Dictionary.com
  14. Quarterdeck: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. quarterdeck: Rhymezone
  16. Quarterdeck: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. quarterdeck: FreeDictionary.org
  18. quarterdeck: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. quarterdeck: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. quarterdeck: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quarterdeck: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (nautical) The aft part of the upper deck of a ship; normally reserved for officers

Similar:
lower deck, quarterdecker, maindeck, quartermaster, wardroom, rear admiral (upper half), rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral upper half, commodore, sideboy, more...

Types:
poop deck, stern, bow, prow, keel, hull, galley, cabin, more...

Adjectives:
own, high, long, small, starboard, little, short, broad, low, tiny, open

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Similar:
lower deck, quarterdecker, maindeck, quartermaster, wardroom, rear admiral (upper half), rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral upper half, commodore, sideboy, more...

Types:
poop deck, stern, bow, prow, keel, hull, galley, cabin, more...

Adjectives:
own, high, long, small, starboard, little, short, broad, low, tiny, open



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