ceiling fan
ceiling fan noun: a fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light.
Noun
ceiling fan (plural ceiling fans)
- A fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light.
- It was set too high to reflect him, it carried only a shelf of looking-glass beer and the moving blades of the ceiling-fan.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 462
- Synonyms:
- overhead fan
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: someone who really likes ceilings..
ceiling fan meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Malay and Thai
ceiling fan in Tamil
- கூரை விசிறி, மின்விசிறி, முகட்டு மின்விசிறி
ceiling fan in Gujarati
- fan fixture on a ceiling
- છતપંખો chatpaṅkho
ceiling fan in Malay
- fan fixture on a ceiling
- kipas siling
ceiling fan in Thai
- fan fixture on a ceiling
- พัดลมเพดาน
More languagesFewer languages
- ceiling fan in Vietnamese
- quạt trần
Synonyms of ceiling fan
Forms of ceiling fan
| plural | ceiling fans |
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Questions about ceiling fan
- What does ceiling fan mean?
- Ceiling fan means a fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light.
- What is ceiling fan in Tamil?
- Ceiling fan in Tamil is கூரை விசிறி, மின்விசிறி, முகட்டு மின்விசிறி. See Ceiling fan meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ceiling fan?
- Ceiling fan is a noun.
- What is the plural of ceiling fan?
- The plural of ceiling fan is ceiling fans.
Words near ceiling fan in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ceiling fan (page history and authors); ceiling fan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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