deck

noun
UK /dek/
US /dɛk/

A flat floor you can stand on, like on a ship or outside a house.

We ate dinner on the wooden deck behind the house.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. One complete set of playing cards.

He shuffled the deck before dealing the cards.

3. The top surface of a ship.

The sailors stood on the deck and watched the waves.

4. A row of buttons or controls on a machine.

She pressed play on the tape deck.