- the top inside surface of a room
- a large room with a high ceiling
- The walls and ceiling were painted white.
- A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
- on a ceiling a fly on the ceiling
- ceiling of something The ceiling of her room was low.
- She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling.
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1- The bathroom has mirrors from ceiling to floor.
- The palace is famous for its 17th-century painted ceilings.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- tall
- …
- paint
- plaster
- reach
- …
- collapse
- fan
- light
- tile
- …
- on the ceiling
- from ceiling to floor
- from floor to ceiling
- the highest limit or amount of something
- The government has decided to lift price ceilings on bread and milk.
- The reality is the economy is hitting the ceiling and the growth rate must slow.
Extra Examples- They've put a $50 ceiling on their admission charge.
- a ceiling on imports
- They have put a ceiling on the price of petrol.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- debt
- expenditure
- price
- …
- impose
- place
- put
- …
- ceiling on
- (specialist) the greatest height at which a particular aircraft is able to fly
- an aircraft with a ceiling of 20 000 feet
see also glass ceiling
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the action of lining the interior of a room with plaster or panelling): from ceil (perhaps related to Latin celare, French céler ‘conceal’) + -ing. Sense (1) dates from the mid 16th cent.
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