ceiling
The overhead closure of a room.
Noun 4 meanings
The overhead closure of a room.
“The dining room had an ornate ceiling.”
The upper limit of an object or action.
The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
“Even though it was cloudy, there was still enough ceiling for the Blue Angels to perform a great show.”
Etymology
From Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ceil + -ing.
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CEILING at a glance
CEILING has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + E 1 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,210 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ceiling
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- COILING10
- VEILING11
- CELLING10
- HEILING11
- SEILING8
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