: something having a specified number of decks, levels, floors, or layers
—used in combination
many of the city's buses are double-deckers
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At its highest point, the double decker towered 118 feet over the railroad tracks below.
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Double decker buses, now too tall to enter the PABT, will be able to get inside for the first time and all the buses idling on the streets will be ended as the new terminal will be able to accommodate 1,000 buses an hour, an increase of 400 over the current capacity.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Twenty years ago, England’s Ashes heroes were cheered by tens of thousands in the streets of London on top of a double decker bus with the nation enjoying the cricket zeitgeist for a wild ride.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Its main tunnel is 7.2 m in diameter (23.7 ft), the equivalent of three London double decker buses, while its connection tunnels are either 5 m (16.4 ft) in diameter or 2 m (6.6 ft) in diameter.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Double decker buses, now too tall to enter the PABT, will be able to get inside for the first time and all the buses idling on the streets will be ended as the new terminal will be able to accommodate 1,000 buses an hour, an increase of 400 over the current capacity.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Twenty years ago, England’s Ashes heroes were cheered by tens of thousands in the streets of London on top of a double decker bus with the nation enjoying the cricket zeitgeist for a wild ride.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Its main tunnel is 7.2 m in diameter (23.7 ft), the equivalent of three London double decker buses, while its connection tunnels are either 5 m (16.4 ft) in diameter or 2 m (6.6 ft) in diameter.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Decker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decker. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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