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# ceiling

noun (a ceiling, ceilings)

«ceiling» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The inside surface at the top of a room, above your head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#m1)
2. An upper limit that something cannot go above, like a price ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#m2)
3. The height of the lowest clouds, important for planes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, lights, fans and smoke alarms are fixed on ceilings; smoke rises, so smoke alarms go on the ceiling, and you should crawl low under smoke in a fire. In maths, room problems use the ceiling: the area of the ceiling is the same as the floor in a box-shaped room; height from floor to ceiling. In science, warm air rises towards the ceiling. Phrases: "on the ceiling", "hit the ceiling" (get very angry), "glass ceiling" (an unfair limit on getting ahead), "ceiling fan", "floor to ceiling".

### Examples

- A spider was crawling on the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x1)
- The smoke alarm is on the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x2)
- The ceiling is 2.5 metres high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x3)
- We painted the ceiling white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x4)
- Dad hit the ceiling when he saw the mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x5)
- The ceiling fan kept the room cool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x6)
- Bookshelves went from floor to ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x7)
- In a fire, smoke collects at the ceiling first, so stay low. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x8)
- Shining glow-worms covered the ceiling, and sky-blue bats flapped their transparent wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/#x9)

### Note

Spelling trap: "ei" after c — c-e-i-l-i-n-g ("i before e, except after c"). Do not confuse with "sealing" (closing tightly), which sounds the same. In maths, in a rectangular room, ceiling area = length × width, the same as the floor.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life, lights, fans and smoke alarms are fixed on ceilings; smoke rises, so smoke alarms go on the ceiling, and you should crawl low under smoke in a fire. In maths, room problems use the ceiling: the area of the ceiling is the same as the floor in a box-shaped room; height from floor to ceiling. In science, warm air rises towards the ceiling. Phrases: "on the ceiling", "hit the ceiling" (get very angry), "glass ceiling" (an unfair limit on getting ahead), "ceiling fan", "floor to ceiling".

### Note

Spelling trap: "ei" after c — c-e-i-l-i-n-g ("i before e, except after c"). Do not confuse with "sealing" (closing tightly), which sounds the same. In maths, in a rectangular room, ceiling area = length × width, the same as the floor.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ceiling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceiling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ceiling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ceiling.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ceiling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/ceiling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ceiling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ceiling.html) on Mova free.