low-ceilinged
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- adjective
- /loʊ ˈsiːlɪnd/
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- In the low-ceilinged classroom, the teacher had to be careful not to bump her head.
- low-ceilinged room
- low-ceilinged house
- low-ceilinged chamber
Examples
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The cabaret was a low-ceilinged room, lit by red and blue lamps with blue-painted booths around the periphery.
Fiction book (1993) -
On Sundays, I sat in the back of the low-ceilinged hall.
Fiction book (1994) -
The low-ceilinged room absorbed their footsteps.
Fiction book (2002) -
All furniture is scaled down to fit into this low-ceilinged space.
Fiction book (1999) -
She's so tall in this low-ceilinged room.
Fiction book (1996) -
The low-ceilinged cavern they entered was dark and full of debris.
Fiction book (1992) -
The bedroom was large and low-ceilinged, with bare floorboards and heavy, rather well-made furniture.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mrs. Finston had said she'd grown up without money, and now I understood what that looked like: a small living room, low-ceilinged, with a worn couch and dingy paint.
Fiction book (2001) -
The assembly hall was low-ceilinged, dingy, and smelled faintly of mildew and vinegar, but he wouldn't have minded any of that.
Fiction book (2002) -
A fire, lit after the babies were safely tucked up in the nursery, crackled merrily and cast a rosy glow over the low-ceilinged, comfortably furnished room.
Fiction book (2000)
Antonyms
How High
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Etymology
The word low-ceilinged is made of low ('not high') and ceiling ('the top or roof inside a room'), so it literally means a room whose top is lower than usual. That's why a low-ceilinged room often feels cramped and can make you duck your head.