1 the top inside surface of a room:
She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling. * a large room with a high ceiling * The walls and ceiling were painted white.
2 the highest limit or amount of sth:
price ceilings
compareFLOOR
3 (technical) the greatest height at which a particular aircraft is able to fly:
an aircraft with a ceiling of 20000 feet
seealsoGLASSCEILING
IDIOMS see HITv.
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