'Ceiling' definitions:
Definition of 'ceiling'
(from WordNet)
noun
The overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling"
noun
(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
noun
An upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices" [syn: ceiling, roof, cap]
noun
Maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
Definition of 'Ceiling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
- Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ceiling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. --2 Chron. iii. 5 [1913 Webster]
- 2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ceiling'
From: Easton
- Ceiling the covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon's palace are described 1 Kings 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr. 3:5,9.
Synonyms of 'ceiling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acme,
- aerospace,
- aerosphere,
- air hole,
- air pocket,
- airspace,
- all,
- altitude,
- altitude peak,
- apogee,
- atmospheric visibility,
- automatic control,
- blast-off,
- border line,
- bottom price,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- bump,
- burn,
- burnout,
- business index,
- CAT,
- ceiling price,
- ceiling unlimited,
- circumscription,
- clarity,
- clearness,
- climax,
- compass,
- confine,
- conspicuity,
- conspicuousness,
- consumer price index,
- cost-of-living index,
- crosswind,
- crown,
- crystal-clearness,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- definiteness,
- definition,
- delimitation,
- demand curve,
- descent,
- determinant,
- distinctness,
- division line,
- eaves,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- empty space,
- end,
- end of burning,
- evidence,
- evidentness,
- exaltation,
- extreme,
- extremity,
- favorable wind,
- finish,
- flight,
- floor,
- floor price,
- fog,
- front,
- frontier,
- hauteur,
- head wind,
- hedge,
- height,
- heighth,
- high visibility,
- high-pressure area,
- high-water mark,
- highest degree,
- highness,
- hole,
- housetop,
- ignition,
- impact,
- inflation,
- inflationary spiral,
- interface,
- ionosphere,
- jetstream,
- lantern,
- launch,
- lift-off,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- loftiness,
- low visibility,
- low-pressure area,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- manifestness,
- march,
- mark,
- maximum,
- mete,
- ne plus ultra,
- nth degree,
- obviousness,
- overcast,
- overhead,
- patentness,
- peak,
- penthouse,
- percipi,
- perpendicular distance,
- pinnacle,
- plafond,
- plainness,
- pocket,
- price ceiling,
- price index,
- price level,
- prominence,
- ridgepole,
- rising prices,
- rocket launching,
- roof,
- roof garden,
- roof-deck,
- roofage,
- roofing,
- roofpole,
- rooftop,
- rooftree,
- roughness,
- seeing,
- shingles,
- shoot,
- shot,
- skylight,
- slates,
- soup,
- space,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- stature,
- stratosphere,
- sublimity,
- substratosphere,
- summit,
- tail wind,
- tallness,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- the whole,
- threshold,
- tiles,
- time allotment,
- top,
- top price,
- toploftiness,
- trajectory,
- tropopause,
- troposphere,
- trough,
- turbulence,
- upper limit,
- utmost,
- utmost extent,
- uttermost,
- velocity peak,
- visibility,
- visibility unlimited,
- visibility zero