ceiling

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UK /ˈsi:lɪŋ/

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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Top part of a room above your head

I am so tall I can touch the ceiling in this room

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Greatest level that is allowed; limit

The price ceiling for these new houses is set at a quarter of a million dollars

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The height above the ground of the lowest layer of clouds

The ceiling was low, making flying dangerous

v.t.Transitive VerbTo round a number up to the nearest integer

The function will ceiling the value to the nearest integer

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A function that rounds a number up to the nearest integer

Use the ceiling function to round up the number

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The maximum altitude at which an aircraft can maintain a specified rate of climb under standard conditions.

The aircraft has a service ceiling of 30,000 feet.

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)An invisible barrier that prevents someone, especially a woman or member of a minority group, from advancing to the highest levels of an organization.

She felt like she had hit a glass ceiling in her career.

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A limit on the amount of money that can be borrowed.

The debt ceiling must be raised to avoid a government shutdown.

n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The material used to form a ceiling.

The ceiling was made of plaster.

v.t.Transitive VerbTo provide a room with a ceiling.

They are ceiling the room with plasterboard.

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Optometrist Career Information : Optometrist Salary

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Optometrist Career Information : Optometrist Salary

have a higher ceiling, relative to other optometrists that work within a hospital system. The field
have a higher ceiling, relative to other optometrists that work within a hospital system. The field

Passenger - Let Her Go ( cover by J.Fla )

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Passenger - Let Her Go ( cover by J.Fla )

Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Staring at the ceiling in the dark

How to Survive a Building Explosion

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How to Survive a Building Explosion

As the ceiling rained down on Samah and her infant child, she felt at any moment her home would collapse beneath her.
As the ceiling rained down on Samah and her infant child, she felt at any moment her home would collapse beneath her.

I Said Bitch - Key & Peele

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I Said Bitch - Key & Peele

That washing wachine is huge. - Up on the ceiling here.
That washing wachine is huge. - Up on the ceiling here.

Inside Sofía Vergara’s Stunning Los Angeles Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest

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Inside Sofía Vergara’s Stunning Los Angeles Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest

It is amazing ceiling.
It is amazing ceiling.

Thieves take $30 million in one of the largest cash heists in Los Angeles history

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Thieves take $30 million in one of the largest cash heists in Los Angeles history

Sources telling CNN the burglars broke through the roof, bypassed the alarms, entered the vault by cutting through the ceiling and then exited the building by breaking through a rear wall.
Sources telling CNN the burglars broke through the roof, bypassed the alarms, entered the vault by cutting through the ceiling and then exited the building by breaking through a rear wall.
by cutting through the ceiling
by cutting through the ceiling

Fidget Spinner Haters!

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Fidget Spinner Haters!

Or like, a ceiling fan for really tiny people?
Or like, a ceiling fan for really tiny people?

DONT Name Change your Horse in Minecraft to this... - Part 13

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DONT Name Change your Horse in Minecraft to this... - Part 13

I don't really know how to do the ceiling but we'll figure it out Sven.
I don't really know how to do the ceiling but we'll figure it out Sven.
Undeniably a film I recommend it was good. I love how all the colors come together. Ceiling time.
Undeniably a film I recommend it was good. I love how all the colors come together. Ceiling time.

Freediving The Deepest Blue Hole In The World! Ep. 174

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Freediving The Deepest Blue Hole In The World! Ep. 174

until the ceiling of these voids collapsed.
until the ceiling of these voids collapsed.

Stave 2 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - The First of the Three Spirits

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Stave 2 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - The First of the Three Spirits

ceiling, and the naked laths were shown instead; but how all this was brought
ceiling, and the naked laths were shown instead; but how all this was brought
if he had been two inches taller he must have knocked his head against the ceiling,
if he had been two inches taller he must have knocked his head against the ceiling,