ceiling
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 the upper interior surface of a room.
- 2 an upper limit set on prices, wages, etc.
- 3 the maximum altitude that an aircraft can reach.
■ the altitude of the base of a cloud layer.
- 4 the inside planking of a ship's bottom and sides.
'ceiling' also found in these Oxford entries:
boss
- ceiling rose
- coffer
- cornice
- cove
- cupola
- fresco
- glass ceiling
- headroom
- joist
- light bulb
- lunette
- mould
- oubliette
- panel heating
- pendant
- plafond
- punkah
- rail
- room
- severy
- skylight
- spandrel
- sprinkler
- suspended ceiling
- tambour
- trapdoor
- vaulting
- velarium
