decker

noun deck·er \ ˈde-kər \

Definition of decker

: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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Last but certainly not least is the property's crowning jewel: a double-decker, stone bank barn dating to c. 1800.

— elizabeth finkelstein, Country Living, "This is the Stone Farmhouse We've Been Waiting Our Whole Lives to Buy," 24 Aug. 2017
A double-decker bus swerves out of the way just in time to avoid hitting the 33-year-old victim.

— jen kirby, Daily Intelligencer, "American Investment Banker Denies He’s the Jogger Who Shoved Woman Into London Traffic," 11 Aug. 2017
Emirates has toyed with the idea of a triple decker but seemingly seriously and also in jest, but for now no such thing exists.

— eric limer, Popular Mechanics, "The Incredible, Impossible, Fake Airliners of YouTube," 7 Aug. 2017
And then soon afterward, the double decker tour buses started coming around Tompkins Square Park.

— sari botton, Longreads, "‘Trump Wouldn’t Be President Without the Neoliberalization of New York City’," 25 July 2017
Double-decker potato tacos are what might happen when Lefebvre reimagines Taco Bell’s Cheesy Gordita Crunch.

— garrett snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, "The Los Angeles Magazine Hot Restaurant List for July 2017," 18 July 2017
Single-story structures gave way to double- and triple-deckers.

— andrew wood, Smithsonian, "The Rise and Fall of the Great American Motel," 1 July 2017
Don't worry—double-decker seating will remain, though being able to flip seats might be lost.

— tal rosenberg, Chicago Reader, "The low pleasures of the Metra train’s top floor," 22 June 2017
Airbus is refining the double-decker A380's design, including adding 4.7-meter (15-foot) winglets, to boost fuel efficiency by as much as 4 percent.

— julie johnsson, chicagotribune.com, "Boeing's iconic 747 vanishes in new view of passenger flight," 20 June 2017

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