ceiling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ceiling	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ceiling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ceiling n the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling" (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds 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" Synonym(s): ceiling, roof, cap maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ceil \Ceil\ (s[emac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ceiled} (s[emac]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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.