doubledecker

Bus with stairs

A doubledecker is something with two levels stacked vertically.

The term most commonly describes buses with an upper and lower passenger deck, iconic in London: We rode the doubledecker through the city.

It extends to sandwiches made with three slices of bread creating two layers of filling, and to any two-tiered structure: a doubledecker bunk bed.

London

red

Primary color, warm

Westminster · Oxford Street · Piccadilly Circus · Trafalgar Square · Tower Bridge · Thames · postcard · landmark · iconic · sightseeing

layered

sandwich

Filling between bread slices

tray · tier · stacked · platter · bunk

bus

upperdeck

Elevated level of structure

driver · route · seats · handrail · farebox · stop · ticket · commute · sightseeing · cityscape

transport

coach

One who instructs

passenger · route · schedule · fare · service · urban · charter · shuttle · line · fleet

Opposites
number of levels/decks

doubledeckersingle-decker

Bus with one level

single-story · triple-decker · flat · multi-level · multi-story

structural complexity

doubledeckerflat

Lacking vertical variation

ground-level · low-profile · minibus · shuttle · ranch-style

Family

double, decker, deck, doubled, doubles, doubling, doubly, redouble, decks

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G