Definition of Double-decker

1. Noun. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport. "He always rode the bus to work"

Exact synonyms: Autobus, Bus, Charabanc, Coach, Jitney, Motorbus, Motorcoach, Omnibus, Passenger Vehicle
Specialized synonyms: Minibus, School Bus, Trackless Trolley, Trolley Coach, Trolleybus
Generic synonyms: Public Transport
Terms within: Roof, Window
Group relationships: Fleet
Examples of category: Passenger, Rider
Derivative terms: Bus, Bus, Omnibus

Definition of Double-decker

1. Noun. A vehicle, usually a bus or coach, with two decks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-decker

double-clicks
double-count
double-cross
double-crossed
double-crosser
double-crossers
double-crosses
double-crossing
double-date
double-deal
double-dealer
double-dealers
double-dealing
double-deals
double-dealt
double-decker (current term)
double-decker bus
double-decker buses
double-deckers
double-declutch
double-digit
double-dip
double-dipped
double-dipping
double-dips
double-dome
double-dotted
double-double
double-double-double
double-doubles

Literary usage of Double-decker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Battle with the Slum by Jacob August Riis (1902)
"CHAPTER IV THE BLIGHT OF THE double-decker IN a Stanton Street tenement, the other day, I stumbled upon a Polish ..."

2. New University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their by Charles Davies (1856)
"What is the carpenters' tonnage of a steamship, double decker, ... What is the government tonnage of a double decker, the length being 103 feet, ..."

3. The University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their by Charles Davies (1852)
"What is the carpenters' tonnage of a steamship, double decker, ... What is the government tonnage of a double decker, the length being 103 feet, ..."

4. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Like the long car the double-decker's advantage is capacity, but its disadvantage is sluggishness ... The single double-decker in use on Broadway, New York, ..."

5. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Like the long car the double-decker's advantage is capacity, but its disadvantage is sluggishness ... The single double-decker in use on Broadway, New York, ..."

6. The Battle with the Slum by Jacob August Riis (1902)
"CHAPTER IV THE BLIGHT OF THE double-decker IN a Stanton Street tenement, the other day, I stumbled upon a Polish ..."

7. New University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their by Charles Davies (1856)
"What is the carpenters' tonnage of a steamship, double decker, ... What is the government tonnage of a double decker, the length being 103 feet, ..."

8. The University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their by Charles Davies (1852)
"What is the carpenters' tonnage of a steamship, double decker, ... What is the government tonnage of a double decker, the length being 103 feet, ..."

9. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Like the long car the double-decker's advantage is capacity, but its disadvantage is sluggishness ... The single double-decker in use on Broadway, New York, ..."

10. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Like the long car the double-decker's advantage is capacity, but its disadvantage is sluggishness ... The single double-decker in use on Broadway, New York, ..."

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