: a collection of visual or photographic slides presented usually one after another as a slideshow
Pompliano was on the job for a mere three weeks in 2015, but in that time he prepared a PowerPoint deck laying out what he believed were the key inaccuracies in the company's numbers. Gene Maddaus
Accompanying a talk with images is standard professional practice, but a poorly organized or dense slide deck can spoil a presentation. Jeff Link
adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself.
a diamond necklace adorned her neck
decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design.
decorate a birthday cake
ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original
a white house ornamented with green shutters
, embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament.
embellish a page with floral borders
beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness.
will beautify the grounds with flower beds
deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness.
a house all decked out for Christmas
garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food.
an entrée garnished with parsley
Example Sentences
Noun We stood on the deck and watched dolphins swim near the ship. A number of passengers had come on deck. a seat on the streetcar's top deck a cabin on B deck We sat in the lower deck. We ate out on the deck. Verb We spent hours decking the chapel with flowers before the wedding. He decked him with one punch. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
If space is at a premium in your backyard, build yourself this nifty fire bowl table, made to fit on a deck or patio. Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2022 The tranquil backyard has a deck attached to the house and is landscaped with rocks, cement pavers, brick pavers, perennial garden, grass, shrubbery, a lily pond, in-ground pool, pool house and mature trees. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2022 If all goes as planned at the Pullman Club Coffee Shop, next summer’s customers will drink lattes from porch rockers on a front deck overlooking the monument grounds. Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 The condominium complex has a pool and a roof deck and is steps from the beach. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 An offer has been accepted on the east-facing condo with 1,348 square feet of indoor living space plus a covered deck, says listing agent Kristin Gillis of Premiere Property Group.oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2022 Amenities will include a rooftop deck and a 44-foot-long heated outdoor lap pool. Libertina Brandt, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 Montauk is a fishing village, and the house features plenty of traditional New England architectural details, with cedar shingles and a wraparound deck boasting sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2022 Today, the space features several crowning amenities including a yoga deck, putting green and a movie theater, but none is more impressive than the band’s original soundproof recording studio, which is comes in pristine condition. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022
Verb
Those who want to deck their entire home out in Gucci can snag one of the house’s new wallpapers, which continue the theme of verdant florals and bright, sunny hues. Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 27 July 2022 Items range from cozy oversized hoodies and long-lasting portable chargers to personalized planners and plant message pops (for those with a green thumb looking to deck out their plant babies). Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 This charging pad will give you one more reason to deck out your battle station. Medea Giordano, Wired, 13 July 2022 Just deck out a bar cart instead, as Beata Heuman did in this eclectic parlor. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 29 June 2022 There's no place like home, so why not deck it out this Prime Day? Haley Sprankle, Wired, 13 July 2022 Save on a brand new perfume, restock your claw clip supply, or deck out your room with a record player and some vinyls.Seventeen, 28 June 2022 Want to celebrate a special holiday or just deck yourselves out in rainbows to make a random Sunday into a special PJ party? Laura Fisher, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022 But while others might just deck out their house with lights or visit every mall Santa, Day turned his passion into a business. Josh Chesler, SPIN, 16 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English dekke covering of a ship, from Middle Dutch *dec covering, probably from Middle Low German vordeck, from vordecken to cover, from vor- for- + decken to cover; akin to Old High German decchen to cover — more at thatch
Verb
Dutch dekken to cover; akin to Old High German decchen