The meaning of Ceiling

Ceiling – definition

noun
The upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment.
Usage examples:
The books were stacked from floor to ceiling
Synonims:
Roof Vault Vaulting Plafond
noun
The inside planking of a ship's bottom and sides.
Usage examples:
Suddenly a thud knocked the shuttle ninety degrees as the crew inside were bashed against the ceili…

verb
Line or plaster the roof of (a building).
Usage examples:
The nave has been ceiled in wood

Ceiling translation into English

Ceiling: translate from English into Chinese

天花板, 顶棚, 潼, 罳顶

Ceiling: translate from English into Dutch

Plafond, Zoldering, Plafon, Zolder, Wegering, Hoogtegrens

Ceiling: translate from English into French

Plafond, Plafonnage

Ceiling: translate from English into German

Decke, Höchstgrenze, Limit

Ceiling: translate from English into Hindi

छत, उच्चतम सीमा, अधिकतम सीमा, छाद, अंतश्छद, आखिरी हद

Ceiling: translate from English into Italian

Soffitto, Tetto, Limite massimo, Fasciame interno, Altitudine massima

Ceiling: translate from English into Korean

천장, 상승 한계, 천장 판자, 최고한도

Ceiling: translate from English into Russian

Потолок, Перекрытие, Обшивка, Максимальная цена, Доска для обшивки, Силинг, Предельная высота, Максимальный выпуск продукции

Ceiling: translate from English into Spanish

Techo, Tope, Cielo raso

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘line the interior of a room with plaster or panelling’): perhaps related to Latin celare, French céler ‘conceal’.

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Ceiling – similar words

ceiled

verb
Line or plaster the roof of (a building).
Usage examples:
The nave has been ceiled in wood

All meanings and translations of Ceiled

ceil

verb
Line or plaster the roof of (a building).
Usage examples:
The nave has been ceiled in wood

All meanings and translations of Ceil

Ceiling synonims

plafond

noun
An ornately decorated ceiling.
Usage examples:
There is also an elliptical chamber on the ground floor, with a beautiful plafond and niches framed…

All meanings and translations of Plafond

roof

noun
The structure forming the upper covering of a building or vehicle.
Usage examples:
The rain woke him, hammering on the roof

verb
Cover with a roof.
Usage examples:
The yard had been roughly roofed over with corrugated iron

noun
The covering that forms the top of a building, vehicle, or other object
Usage examples:
The school has a flat roof., peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth., they roofed the house…

All meanings and translations of Roof

vault

noun
A roof in the form of an arch or a series of arches, typical of churches and other large, formal buildings.
Usage examples:
A gothic ribbed vault

verb
Leap or spring while supporting or propelling oneself with one or both hands or with the help of a pole.
Usage examples:
He vaulted over the gate

noun
An act of vaulting.
Usage examples:
The barman, with a practised vault of the bar, was again serving wine

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vaulting

noun
Ornamental work in a vaulted roof or ceiling.
Usage examples:
The magnificent fan vaulting

verb
Leap or spring while supporting or propelling oneself with one or both hands or with the help of a pole.
Usage examples:
He vaulted over the gate

noun
Arches that support a ceiling or room
Usage examples:
After the explosion, nothing of the walls or vaulting remained intact., he sacrificed his marriage …

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