double-decker

[duhb-uhl-dek-er]

noun

1. something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.

2. a food item consisting of two main layers, as a sandwich made with three slices of bread and two layers of filling.

double-decker

noun

1. a bus with two passenger decks

2. informal

   1. a thing or structure having two decks, layers, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a double-decker sandwich

Word History and Origins

Origin of double-decker¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

While walking the noisy, packed streets of the central city, with the engines of London Transport double-decker buses roaring, horns tooting and newspaper sellers shouting the headlines of the latest European crisis, he muses:

From Salon

The driver of a double-decker bus that crashed into a canal bridge injuring 20 people, including three who were seriously hurt, has been arrested.

From BBC

Fifteen people have been injured as a double-decker bus had its roof torn off after striking a bridge.

From BBC

The suicide attacks in central London had seen bombs detonated on three underground trains and a double-decker bus, causing terrible casualties in the capital's rush hour.

From BBC

Two people have been seriously injured after a double-decker bus carrying college students "careered" into a river.

From BBC