ceil

[ seel ]

/ sil /

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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.

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Origin of ceil

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

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How to use ceil in a sentence

To make sure of his game he had likewise ceiled the upper room all around, including the enclosure of the stairs.
The Staircase At The Hearts Delight|Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)
Shoji next are opened, disclosing often the dull green mosquito net hung from corner to corner of the low-ceiled sleeping rooms.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
With the pleasure and security of the palace, the ceiled house, came the wish of the devout soul to erect a temple to God.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8|Various
The low-ceiled dining-room suddenly shrank about the big-boned, long legged hill man.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson

Albert and Ralph found themselves, with four smaller Hoyers, in an enormous low-ceiled room with many windows.
Boyhood in Norway|Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

British Dictionary definitions for ceil

ceil

/ (siːl) /

verb (tr)

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

to provide with a ceiling

Word Origin for ceil

C15 celen, perhaps back formation from ceiling

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