helideck

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noun

A platform (on a vessel or offshore structure) allowing helicopters to land and take off.

OriginEnglish deck ← Middle English dekke ← Middle Dutch dec →
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Meanings

nounhelideck (plural helidecks)

plural helidecks

  1. nauticalA platform (on a vessel or offshore structure) allowing helicopters to land and take off.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  2. Ancient Greekἕλιξ (hélix)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*péth₂r̥
  5. Proto-Hellenic*pterón
  6. Ancient Greekπτερόν (pterón)
  7. Frenchhélicoptère
  8. Englishhelicopterclip.
  9. Englishheli-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*þaką
  12. Proto-Germanic*þakjaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan
  14. Old Dutchthecken
  15. Middle Dutchdeckendeverb.
  16. Middle Dutchdec
  17. Middle Englishdekke
  18. Englishdeck
  19. Englishhelideck

From heli- + deck.

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APA

helideck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helideck

MLA

“helideck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helideck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helideck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helideck.

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