three-decker

plural three-deckers

1. Anything with three layers or levels.

   I planned to splurge on a three-decker cone. All the flavors looked so good that I couldn't decide which three to have.

   1972, Emily Coleman, Making friends with the opposite sex, page 198

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   He awoke at midday and walked down the road to a cafeteria where the short-order cook fixed him a delicious three-decker western sandwich and coffee.

   1954, Ian Fleming, “The Jamaica Version”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 168

   1. alternativeAlternative form of triple-decker (“type of sandwich”).
   2. alternativeAlternative form of triple-decker (“type of bus”).
   3. alternativeAlternative form of triple-decker (“type of apartment building”).
   4. alternativeAlternative form of triple-decker (“type of headline”).
   5. historicalnauticalA sailing warship that had guns on each of three decks.
   6. historicalAn old-fashioned pulpit.