double-decker

noun

dou·​ble-deck·​er ˌdə-bəl-ˈde-kər How to pronounce double-decker (audio)
often attributive
: something that is double-deck
a double-decker bus

Examples of double-decker in a Sentence

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On the other side, the Jets took a double-decker bus tour of London, and Gardner acquired a throwback Tottenham jersey. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Jets quarterback Justin Fields looked like a fawn in the headlights of a London double-decker bus, and the Broncos finished with a ridiculous nine sacks. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 In an airy second-floor room featuring one of Warhol’s massive dollar-sign paintings and a double-decker Koons made of vacuum cleaners encased in acrylic, Boone runs into LGD gallerist Brett Gorvy. Carrie Battan, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025 There was a boat, kind of like a tourist double-decker boat, that would bring the crew out and take them back at night. Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for double-decker

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double-decker was in 1835

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“Double-decker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-decker. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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double-decker

noun
dou·​ble-deck·​er
ˌdəb-əl-ˈdek-ər
: something (as a bus or sandwich) having two decks, levels, or layers
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