ceil

[ seel ]

verb (used with object)

1. to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
2. to provide with a ceiling.

ceil

/ siːl /

verb

1. to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc
2. to provide with a ceiling

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceil¹

1400–50; late Middle English celen to cover, to panel < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceil¹

C15 celen, perhaps back formation from ceiling

Example Sentences

Pink and ceil blue combined are very pretty, scarlet and gray, deep red and very light blue.

From Project Gutenberg

He piled them together in the centre of his ceil, and then hastened to barricade the second door he had attempted to force.

From Project Gutenberg

They stared fixedly at the ceil-ing, the table, or the walls of the room.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cover
• fill
• stuff