Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seel]
- /sil/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [seel]
- /sil/
Definitions of ceiled word
- verb with object ceiled to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc. 1
- verb with object ceiled to provide with a ceiling. 1
- noun ceiled Simple past tense and past participle of ceil. 1
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Origin of ceiled
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English celen to cover, to panel < ?
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Parts of speech for Ceiled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ceiled 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".
ceiled usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ceiled
adj ceiled
- stuffed — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- coated — covered with an outer layer, film, etc
- faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- sheathed — a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- brushed — Brushed cotton, nylon, or other fabric feels soft and furry.
verb ceiled
- 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 ceiled
verb ceiled
- strip — to cut, tear, or form into strips.
See also
Matching words
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