decking
SayDEK-ing/ˈdɛkɪŋ/
Pluraldeckings
Pluraldeckings
- 1The boards or other material used to build the flat surface of an outdoor deck.
Like the tiles you use to cover a floor, but made for the open-air floor of a deck.
We bought enough decking to cover the whole back porch.
The old decking had rotted, so the builders replaced it with new boards.
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- 2Present participle of deck. Use this -ing form when the action is happening right now.
They are decking the room with balloons for the birthday party.
We spent the morning decking the boat with bright flags.
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decking is a form of deck
deck, verb: To hit someone so hard that they fall down. Full entry
- Spelling
- deck → decking: add -ing
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