high-ceilinged
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4.5
- adjective
- /haɪ ˈsiːlɪnd/
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de techos altos
- The high-ceilinged living room made the house feel more spacious and airy.
- high-ceilinged room
- large high-ceilinged
Examples
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Hundreds of prisoners, some eating, some leaving, some standing in line, filled the massive, high-ceilinged room.
Academic text (2005) -
We partook in the dining room, another high-ceilinged affair with another blazing fire.
Blog text (23) -
A secure elevator takes them up to a high-ceilinged office in the Justice Department suite.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sound came again as she traversed the high-ceilinged stone room.
Fiction book (1991) -
Even though the foyer is dark, we can tell it's large and high-ceilinged.
Fiction book (2001) -
Sprawled on my bed in the large, high-ceilinged room, I am quickly absorbed in my work.
Fiction book (2002) -
The spacious, high-ceilinged palace room seemed strangely warm to the foreign minister.
Fiction book (1998) -
The bedroom was a tremendous high-ceilinged space that had formerly been a spacious parlor.
Fiction book (1991) -
Patrick's voice echoed in the large, high-ceilinged space of Herring's office.
Fiction book (1997) -
The room was large, high-ceilinged, and floored with slats of polished wood.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
Higher than most people or things of the same kind
8
5.6
Very tall, like a tree or mountain, standing high above other things
Antonyms
How High
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4.5
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5.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
High-ceilinged comes from the simple parts high + ceiling + the ending -ed, so it literally means 'having a high ceiling'. A helpful image is to think of the ceiling as the room's 'sky' — if the 'sky' is high the room feels open and airy, which is why a high-ceilinged room feels spacious.