ceiling
/ˈsilɪŋ/noun2 syllables
Ceiling means: an upper limit on what is allowed.
Synonyms for ceiling3
What does ceiling mean?4
noun
1
an upper limit on what is allowed“he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him”
2
the overhead upper surface of a covered space“he hated painting the ceiling”
3
(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
4
maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with ceiling?12
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Ceiling in a sentence
- If you don't have anything to do, look at the ceiling of your room.orcrist
- The entire ceiling, which was supported by the wall, collapsed together with it.Eldad
- Black beams shot across above our heads, with a smoke-darkened ceiling beyond them.Hybrid
- Surrealists of the world, drip onto the ceiling!shekitten
- When the lift reaches the building's uppermost floors, its ceiling light starts to flicker.sundown
- A large, fake, furry spider with red eyes was hanging from the ceiling.hecko
- Tobias was sitting at the couch, looking up at the ceiling.Amastan
- Yuri lay in the bed, endlessly staring at the ceiling.Amastan
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Forms of ceiling
as a noun
- plural
- ceilings