ceiling
Meaning of ceiling
- the upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment.
the books were stacked from floor to ceiling
- the inside planking of a ship's bottom and sides.
Middle English (denoting the action of lining the interior of a room with plaster or panelling): from ceil + -ing1. ceiling (sense 1) dates from the mid 16th century.
verb, gerund or present participle- line or plaster the roof of (a building).
the nave has been ceiled in wood
late Middle English (in the sense ‘line the interior of a room with plaster or panelling’): perhaps related to Latin celare, French céler ‘conceal’.
Information about ceiling
- The plural form of ceiling is: ceilings.
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Hyphenation of ceiling
ceil-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- ceiling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ceiling synonyms
Meaning cap:
Meaning the structure forming the upper covering of a building or vehicle:
Meaning a roof in the form of an arch or a series of arches, typical of churches and other large, formal buildings:
Meaning ornamental work in a vaulted roof or ceiling:
Meaning an ornately decorated ceiling:
ceiling antonyms
Meaning the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk:
Translation of ceiling
Anagrams of ceiling
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