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- [seel]
- /sil/
- /siːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seel]
- /sil/
Definitions of ceil word
- verb ceil to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc 3
- verb ceil to provide with a ceiling 3
- verb transitive ceil to build a ceiling in or over 3
- verb transitive ceil to cover (the ceiling or walls of a room) with plaster or thin boards 3
- verb with object ceil to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc. 1
- verb with object ceil to provide with a ceiling. 1
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Origin of ceil
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English celen to cover, to panel < ?
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ceil
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ceil popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ceil usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ceil
verb ceil
- stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- quilt — a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- overlay — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
Antonyms for ceil
verb ceil
- strip — to cut, tear, or form into strips.