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View synonyms for ceil
ceil
[ seel ]
verb (used with object)
- to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- to provide with a ceiling.
ceil
/ siːl /
verb
- to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc
- to provide with a ceiling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ceil1
1400–50; late Middle English celen to cover, to panel < ?
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ceil1
C15 celen, perhaps back formation from ceiling
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Example Sentences
Pink and ceil blue combined are very pretty, scarlet and gray, deep red and very light blue.
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He piled them together in the centre of his ceil, and then hastened to barricade the second door he had attempted to force.
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They stared fixedly at the ceil-ing, the table, or the walls of the room.
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