foredeck
noun
foredeck is a noun meaning “The part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-E-D-E-C-K, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of foredeck is foredecks.
What does foredeck mean?
noun
- 1
The part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast.
Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of foredeck
- foredecks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foredeck?
Foredeck appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Foredeck in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pont avant |
| German | Vorderdeck |
| Portuguese | convés de proa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foredeck come from?
From fore- + deck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).