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| aircraft carrier |
a very large ship with a flat deck on which airplanes can take off and land. |
| catapult |
a machine for launching planes from the deck of a ship. [1/4 definitions] |
| deck |
an outdoor floor or platform that looks like the deck of a ship. [1/4 definitions] |
| diamond |
anything with a shape that is similar to this, such as the the red figure designating one of the suits in a deck of playing cards. [1/5 definitions] |
| gangway |
an opening in the side of a ship that is above the deck. A gangway is used for getting on or off the ship. [1/4 definitions] |
| jack |
the face card with the lowest value in a deck of cards. The jack is pictured as a young man in uniform. [1/5 definitions] |
| specific |
When you ask for a specific pencil, you don't want just any pencil. You want one particular pencil and no other one. If you ask your friend to give you a card from a deck of cards, your friend can give you any one of the cards in the deck. But if you ask for a four of diamonds, you are asking for a specific card, and that is the only card that you want. [1/3 definitions] |
| suit |
all the playing cards of a single kind in the deck. [1/5 definitions] |
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