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Definition of CEILING

Ceiling
Ceiling Ceil"ing, n. [See Cell, v. t.] 1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. 2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. Camp ceiling. See under Camp. Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
Ceiling
Ceil Ceil (s[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceiled (s[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Ceiling.] [From an older noun, fr. F. ciel heaven, canopy, fr. L. caelum heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. koi^los hollow.] 1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room. The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. --2 Chron. iii. 5 2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Meaning of CEILING from wikipedia

- A ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ is an overhead interior roof that covers the upper limits of a room. It is not generally considered a structural element, but a finished...
- up ceiling or cathedral ceiling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ceiling is the upper surface of a room. Ceiling may also refer to: Ceiling function...
- No Ceilings is the ninth mixtape by American rapper Lil Wayne. It was scheduled to be released on October 31, 2009, but was leaked before the official...
- The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Sof****o della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work...
- ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling. It may also be referred to as a drop ceiling, T-bar ceiling, false ceiling,...
- In the United States, the debt ceiling is a law limiting the total amount of money the federal government can borrow. Since the federal government has...
- A ceiling fan is a fan mounted on the ceiling of a room or space, usually electrically powered, that uses hub-mounted rotating blades to circulate air...
- Floor and ceiling functions In mathematics, the floor function is the function that takes as input a real number x, and gives as output the greatest integer...
- "Ceiling Cat" is a character spawned by the meme. The original image was an image macro with a picture of a cat looking out of a hole in a ceiling, captioned...
- A popcorn ceiling, also known as a stipple ceiling or acoustic ceiling, is a ceiling with one of a variety of spray-on or paint-on treatments. The bumpy...