ceil

[ seel ]

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verb (used with object)

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

Origin of ceil

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

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How to use ceil in a sentence

Pink and ceil blue combined are very pretty, scarlet and gray, deep red and very light blue.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information | Anonymous
He piled them together in the centre of his ceil, and then hastened to barricade the second door he had attempted to force.
Frederick The Great and His Family | L. Muhlbach
They stared fixedly at the ceil-ing, the table, or the walls of the room.
The Northern Iron | George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for ceil

ceil

/ (siːl) /

verb(tr)

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

Origin of ceil

C15 celen, perhaps back formation from ceiling

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