single deck

Lone tier bus

Single deck describes something with only one level or layer, most often a bus without an upper story (as opposed to a double-decker) or a card game played with one standard deck rather than multiple decks shuffled together: Single deck blackjack gives the house a smaller edge.

In transportation, single-deck vehicles are lower and easier to board.

Related

hole card · casino · playing · shoe · counting · odds · strategy · bust · hit · stand · twenty-one · felt · chips · first base · third base · payout · house edge · basic strategy

Categories
Opposites
number of levels/tiers

single deckdouble deck

Stacked in two tiers

double-decker · two-tiered · double-decker bus · multi-level · multi-story

bus design (uk/transport context)

single deckdouble-decker bus

Two-level passenger vehicle

Routemaster · open-top bus

Family

single, deck, singly, singles, singled, singling, singleton, decks, decked

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