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  • adverb nautical Below the main deck of a ship.

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Examples

  • “When I mentioned Mr. Snow’s name belowdecks it stirred up quite a fuss,” she said.

    The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004

  • Edmond hurried from belowdecks, smoothing his black uniform, then paused, wide-eyed, as he took in the situation.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Edmond hurried from belowdecks, smoothing his black uniform, then paused, wide-eyed, as he took in the situation.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • The spring-loaded hatches dumped the undead belowdecks and slammed closed again, ready for more.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The spring-loaded hatches dumped the undead belowdecks and slammed closed again, ready for more.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Twenty-four percent of the ship's total crew survived, a percentage point lower than the poor steerage passengers, most of whom had been locked in the belowdecks.

    Passeridae Wendy Wimmer 2011

  • Hap and Umber went belowdecks, where Balfour sat by himself in a corner.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • The spring-loaded hatches dumped the undead belowdecks and slammed closed again, ready for more.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The spring-loaded hatches dumped the undead belowdecks and slammed closed again, ready for more.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Edmond hurried from belowdecks, smoothing his black uniform, then paused, wide-eyed, as he took in the situation.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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