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to ceil

to ceil

9.2
To cover the inside top of a room with boards or plaster
  • verb
  • /siːl/
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  • After the renovation, the living room was elegantly ceiled with plaster, giving it a modern look.

Examples

  • They decided to ceil the new office with modern tiles.

  • They ceiled the old barn with wooden boards to keep out the cold.

  • The workers will ceil the new office before painting the walls.

  • After the renovations, every room was freshly ceiled and painted.

  • The contractor ceiled the living room last week.

  • The artist decided to ceil the room with beautiful wooden panels to create a warm atmosphere.

  • They hired a contractor to ceil the attic, transforming it into a cozy bedroom.

Synonyms

to panel
vsto ceil
13 5.3

To cover a wall or ceiling with flat pieces of material

covers the room's upper interior surface continuously rather than with separate flat sections

Surface Forms

ceil infinitive
ceiled past
ceiled past participle
ceiling present participle
ceils third person singular

Etymology

Ceil comes from an old word meaning 'to hide' or 'to cover' and is the same source as the English word ceiling, the top 'cover' of a room. So to ceil a room is simply to put a covering on its upper inside surface.