Definition of ceil Ceil

ceil

We found 5 definitions of ceil from 3 different sources.

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What does ceil mean?

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  • ceil (Noun)
    A ceiling.
  • ceil (Verb)
    To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ceil (v. t.)
    To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.
  • ceil (v. t.)
    To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • ceil
    Ciel, sēl, v.t. to overlay the inner roof of a room, generally to plaster it: to wainscot.—n. Ceil′ing, the inner roof of a room. [Prob. conn. with Fr. ciel, It. cielo, Low L. cælum, a canopy.]

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