Dictionary Entry
ceiling
ceiling is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Ceil. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Ceil
- 2transitive verb
The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
- 3transitive verb
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
- 4transitive verb
The inner planking of a vessel.
- 5noun
the overhead upper surface of a covered space
"he hated painting the ceiling"
- 6noun
(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
- 7noun
maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
- 8noun
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"
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