Ceil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /siːl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ceil is a verb meaning (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
Meaning
(transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
More Meanings
- (poetic) A ceiling.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
- (mathematics) To set a higher bound.
Example Sentences
It is nearly always old and bare, built of rough boards, and neither plastered nor ceiled.
[…] The mossy sward / Beneath their feet, their carpet was, / An azure ceil, the sky above; […]
Word Forms
- ceils
- ceiling
- ceiled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cap, plaster, wainscot, dryline, beplaster, plasterboard.
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