ceilings
Rooms' top surfaces
Ceilings is simply the plural of ceiling, the overhead interior surface of a room.
Beyond the architectural sense, ceilings often refer to upper limits imposed on quantities: price ceilings, debt ceilings, glass ceilings.
The phrase hit the ceiling means to become suddenly and explosively angry.
When someone says the sky's the limit, they mean there is no ceiling—no upper bound on what's possible.
Wall-coating paste
- drywallGypsum-core building panels
- coffersFunds or treasury
- beamsRays or supports
- vaultedCurved overhead, or leaped
cathedral · tray · popcorn · drop · suspended · tin · medallion · crown molding
Permitted passage or approval
basement · attic · loft · mezzanine · soaring · cramped · spacious · overhead
Covering for top
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- upper limitMaximum permitted value
- restrictionLimit on action
quota · salary cap · budget cap · rent control · boundary · cutoff · constraint · barrier
plaster
Wall-coating paste
vaulted · cathedral · tray · popcorn · drop · suspended · tin · medallion · crown molding · joists
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
tall · basement · attic · loft · mezzanine · soaring · cramped · spacious · overhead
cap
Covering for top
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- upper limitMaximum permitted value
restriction · quota · salary cap · budget cap · rent control · boundary · cutoff · constraint · barrier · interest cap
flight level
Aviation altitude reference
- pressurizationRaising internal atmospheric force
- building featuresentrance, entrances, exits, lobby, lobbies
- interiorsrooms, bedrooms, walls, kitchens, floors
- paintable surfaceswall, door, wood, canvas, fence
- building specificationsblueprints, site plans, structural design, materials, flooring materials
- Office Buildoutpartitions, drywall, flooring, HVAC, electrical
- VersaillesVersailles, Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Sun King, palace grounds
ceilingsfloors
Walking surfaces inside
flooring · bases · ground · ground levels · foundations
ceilingsfloors
Walking surfaces inside
minimums · lower limits · price floors · baselines · bottoms
ceilingsopen skies
Unobstructed aerial expanse
boundlessness · no limits · uncapped · limitlessness · infinite possibilities
- 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