ceiling
Look up indoors
A ceiling is the overhead surface of a room, opposite the floor.
The word extends to upper limits generally: a price ceiling, a debt ceiling, a ceiling on emissions.
In aviation, the ceiling is the height of the lowest cloud layer or the maximum altitude an aircraft can reach.
Glass ceiling describes invisible barriers to advancement, especially for women and minorities in workplaces.
Secure storage chamber
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- cofferedWith sunken ornamental panels
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
molding · beams · truss · joist · rafter · cathedral · chandelier · pendant
Wall-coating paste
- drywallGypsum-core building panels
- stuccoDecorative wall plaster
- gypsumHydrated calcium sulfate
- lathThin wooden strip
tiles · paneling · acoustic · popcorn · textured · painted · whitewashed · tin
Covering for top
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- restrictionLimit on action
- boundSecured or destined
constraint · upper · peak · top · quota · cutoff · lid · barrier
vault
Secure storage chamber
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- cofferedWith sunken ornamental panels
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
cornice · molding · beams · truss · joist · rafter · cathedral · chandelier · pendant · ornate
plaster
Wall-coating paste
lath · tiles · paneling · acoustic · popcorn · textured · painted · whitewashed · tin · wood
cap
Covering for top
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- restrictionLimit on action
bound · constraint · upper · peak · top · quota · cutoff · lid · barrier · glass
overhead
Located directly above
vaulted · sloped · angled · attic · loft · basement · clearance · headroom · eaves · garret
debt
Money owed another
budget · spending · fiscal · statutory · borrowing · federal · national · default · crisis · negotiation
fixture
Attached building component
pendant · chandelier · track · LED · downlight · spotlight · canopy · medallion · wiring · electrical
- homehouse, home, apartment, condo, bathroom
- housekitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room, dining room
- things you can paintportrait, mural, landscape, still life, canvas
- toptop, apex, peak, summit, pinnacle
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- altitudehigh altitude, low altitude, cruising altitude, flight level, sea level
ceilingfloor
Indoor walking surface
ground · flooring · foundation · subfloor · basement floor
- ceiling fanOverhead air circulator
- hit the ceilingLose one's temper suddenly
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- high ceilingsElevated overhead clearance
- ceiling lightLamp fixed above
- popcorn ceilingSprayed textured ceiling surface