Webster's English Dictionary

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ceiling

ceil.ing \'se--lin\ \-lind\ n 1a: the overhead inside lining of a room  1b: 
   material used to ceil a wall or roof of a room  2: something thought of as 
   an overhanging shelter  3a: the height above the ground from which 
   prominent objects on the ground  can be seen and identified 3b: the height 
   above the ground of the base of the lowest layer of clouds w hen over half 
   of the sky is obscured 4a: ABSOLUTE CEILING  4b: SERVICE CEILING  5: an 
   upper usu. prescribed limit  - ceil.inged aj