Used in a Sentence

decker

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for decker.

Editorial note

The problem is light rail is super expensive, you could get more bang for your buck with dedicated bus lanes and double decker buses.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of decker gathered in one view.

noun

One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname.

noun

A surname from German.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for decker.

noun

One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

(used in conjunction with a number) Something having a certain number of levels.

Example sentences

1

The problem is light rail is super expensive, you could get more bang for your buck with dedicated bus lanes and double decker buses.

2

The overwhelming majority of products they stock are from large established brands (rain bird, black and decker, mikita etc).

3

The double decker bus is a standard unit of measurement for height and weight, for large areas it's Wales.

4

What might be feasible is going to double-decker trains in places, which merely requires rebuilding all the bridges and tunnels.

5

The cars going west from Chicago are different model (double decker) from train cars going east.

6

Forget about using a Canon battery pack in a Nikon camera, or a Makita pack in a Black & Decker drill.

7

Even the Met Office's press release just says it weights as much as 11 double decker buses rather than any actual technical details.

8

A double-decker Amtrak passenger car clocks in at around 70 tons.

9

The decker that hacks into a corporation and discovers just how horrible of an entity they truly are, is an example at an individual level.

10

The centre of gravity is very low, so while it looks really unstable it's much less bad than it looks --- like a double decker bus.

11

Or two double-decker RER trains, capacity over 2000 people each.

12

:) Hammers in nails with an orange, and this folks, is how Black and Decker makes better drills than Makita.

Quote examples

1

As for your "Decker" example, it's Decker's fault they've not checked coverage prior to making promises they can't keep.

2

As for your "Twinkle" and "Decker" examples, blame your ISPs that have decided to use this as an excuse for their own problems.

3

Or more accurately I'm told "mostly west of the mississippi" routes have the nice double decker cars and "mostly east of the mississippi" routes have the dumpy single height worn out cars.

4

And besides, a lot of these variants have MH implemented inside of them to some extent o.o "MH is embarrassingly parallel since you run multiple chains at the same time." I can make six single grilled cheese sandwiches in 2 minutes, but it takes me 8 minutes to make a 6-decker grilled cheese.

Proper noun examples

1

For example, take a look at the financials [1] for Black & Decker, a manufacturer of tools.

2

I have yet to figure out how to intercept the Black and Decker's signal to duplicate wattvision's functionality.

3

While people seem to remember A123 for its auto pursuits, it also produced batteries for things like tools from Black & Decker.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use decker in a sentence?

The problem is light rail is super expensive, you could get more bang for your buck with dedicated bus lanes and double decker buses.

What does decker mean?

One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer.

What part of speech is decker?

decker is commonly used as noun.