'Double-decker' definitions:
Definition of 'double-decker'
From: WordNet
noun
A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle]
Definition of 'Double-decker'
From: GCIDE
- Double-decker \Dou"ble-deck"er\, n.
- 1. (Naut.)
- 1. A man-of-war having two gun decks. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (a) A tenement house having two families on each floor. [Local, U. S.] (b) A biplane a["e]roplane or kite. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. anything having two decks or levels, as a bus with two levels for passengers. In older vehicles, less often today, the upper deck was open, as on street cars. [Colloq.] [PJC]