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ceiled

ceiled is the simple past and past participle of ceil.

Meaning of ceil

Verb (1)

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
    • It is nearly always old and bare, built of rough boards, and neither plastered nor ceiled.1903 June 1, W[illiam] E[dward] Burghardt Du Bois, “Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece”, in The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, 2nd edition, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg &...

Verb (2)

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. To set a higher bound.

See all 3 meanings of ceil

Adjective

ceiled (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Having some specified type of ceiling.
    • On brazen beams the roofs supported rise, / While amber pillars of transparent dyes / Tinge, as they prop the ivory-ceiled halls, / With rich reflected light their lofty walls.1824, Richard Polwhele, "Proserpine at her Loom, from the Latin of Claudian" in Elegant Extracts from the most Eminent British Poets. Part XI. Translations. London: Charles S. Arnold, p. 186...
    • 1885-9, John Ruskin, Praeterita, edited by Francis O'Gorman, Oxford University Press, 2012, Chapter VII, section 152,
      For Dr Andrews' was the Londonian chapel in its perfect type, definable as accurately as a Roman basilica,— an oblong, flat-ceiled barn, lighted by windows with semi-circular heads...
    Synonyms:
    ceilinged

Synonyms of ceiled

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Words formed from ceiled

Questions about ceiled

What does ceiled mean?
Ceiled means having some specified type of ceiling.
What is ceiled the simple past and past participle of?
Ceiled is the simple past and past participle of ceil.
What part of speech is ceiled?
Ceiled is an adjective.

Words near ceiled in the dictionary

  1. ceibos
  2. Ceica
  3. ceil
  4. ceil function
  5. ceil functions
  6. ceiled
  7. ceiler
  8. ceilers
  9. ceili
  10. ceilidh
  11. ceilidh dance

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