ceiling
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- noun
- /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
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techo
- All right, you guys, on your feet and reach for the ceiling.
- ceiling fan
- low ceiling
- ceiling height
Yeah, smart bulbs for the ceiling color changing.
- Yeah, smart bulbs for the ceiling color changing.
- How do you look at the ceiling, watch anime and read?
- We're looking up at the ceiling, the doors opening.
- I fired it into the ceiling with that.
- The house had no ceilings, had no floors, had no gates.
- The walls are white, the ceiling is white, the floors are white.
- You know when you see like floor to ceiling glass skyscrapers?
Examples
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The walls are white, the ceiling is white, the floors are white.
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She installed a chandelier that hung gracefully from the ceiling in the dining room.
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We're looking up at the ceiling, the doors opening.
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I still need to hang some from the ceiling, this one and this one.
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You can point this thing right at the ceiling, lay back, watch something.
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So we have to fix the ceiling anyways.
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So there are lights that hang from the ceiling over the bedside table.
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Your ceiling is dripping again.
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Honey, I measured, and the ceiling's too low in the bedroom.
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The ceiling needs repair.
Synonyms
Idioms
To overcome barriers that stop women or minority groups getting higher jobs
Compounds
- Literature
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An invisible barrier that stops women and minorities from reaching top jobs
- Literature
An unwritten rule that stops women or minority groups from getting promoted in jobs
- Specialized
Highest altitude at which a military plane can still climb well in combat
- Specialized
The highest height at which a plane can still fly level using its engines
- Specialized
The highest altitude a plane can reach while still climbing at a normal rate
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ceiling comes from an old word for 'sky' or 'heaven', like the French ciel, because people thought of the top of a room as an 'inside sky'. So ceiling means the top surface above you in a room.