ceiling
The overhead closure of a room.
Example
“The dining room had an ornate ceiling.”
Other meanings
The upper limit of an object or action.
The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
A kind of
- upper surface
Kinds of ceiling
- overhead
Word history
From Old French "celer" (to conceal).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ceiling” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.