ceiling

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  1. noun The upper interior surface of a room.
  2. noun Material used to cover this surface.
  3. noun Something resembling a ceiling: a ceiling of leaves over the arbor.
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  • In it, I walk into a vast bookstore; shelves extend beyond the horizon line—a Jorge Luis Borges or artist Francois Schuiten kind of shop, decorated with rococo woodwork, tons of curling brass, ladders that slide along an eternal track near the ceiling (in my dream, the ceiling is the sky). —  Magazine - Asimov's Science Fiction - 2007 - Issue 02 - February
  • Even the ceiling was a soft yellow, reflecting its glow over the entire room. —  Paramus Post
  • Shit on a ceiling is actually a key plot point in this movie. —  Fatally Yours
  • Hanging from the ceiling is the world's first satellite - the wok-like Sputnik. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • "I'm about 6-foot-5, and the ceiling was about 4-foot tall, so it was a challenge blowing that insulation into the attic," said Pudenz, a standout pitcher for the 5-2 Jaguars. —  The Examiner Home RSS
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ceil ·  cornice ·  woodwork ·  chandelier ·  carving ·  balcony ·  furnishings ·  staircase ·  fresco ·  balustrade ·  moldings ·  pillar

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ceiling:   ceil
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English celing, from celen, to ceil; see ceil.

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  1. Early modern English also ceiling, ceeling, seeling, earlier cyling, siling, syling; verbal noun of ceil, v.
 

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/ˈsilɪŋ/
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