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ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,dostup n: Zdeněk Brož |
ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,dostup letadla n: Jiří Šmoldas |
ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,horní celá část n: [mat.] |
ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,horní mez n: Jiří Šmoldas |
ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,podhled n: Zdeněk Brož |
ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,strop n: |
ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,strop pro úrokovou míru n: [ekon.] Mgr. Dita Gálová |
ceiling
(encz) | ceiling,stropní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ceiling
(gcide) | Ceil \Ceil\ (s[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceiled (s[=e]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Ceiling.] [From an older noun, fr. F. ciel
heaven, canopy, fr. L. caelum heaven, vault, arch, covering;
cf. Gr. koi^los hollow.]
1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to
furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.
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The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. --2
Chron. iii. 5
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2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster,
stucco, thin boards, or the like.
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Ceiling
(gcide) | Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See Cell, v. t.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side
of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the
floor.
(b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface,
with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when
done.
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2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
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Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
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ceiling
(wn) | ceiling
n 1: the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated
painting the ceiling"
2: (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
3: an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the
number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on
salaries"; "they established a cap for prices" [syn:
ceiling, roof, cap]
4: maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified
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ceiling price
(encz) | ceiling price,maximální cena Zdeněk Brožceiling price,nejvyšší cena Zdeněk Brož |
ceilinged
(encz) | ceilinged, adj: |
ceilings
(encz) | ceilings,stropy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
combat ceiling
(encz) | combat ceiling, n: |
credit ceiling
(encz) | credit ceiling, |
debt ceiling
(encz) | debt ceiling,strop dluhu Zdeněk Brož |
glass ceiling
(encz) | glass ceiling, |
high-ceilinged
(encz) | high-ceilinged, adj: |
hit the ceiling
(encz) | hit the ceiling,dosáhnout maxima n: Zdeněk Brož |
lending ceiling
(encz) | lending ceiling, |
low-ceilinged
(encz) | low-ceilinged, adj: |
national debt ceiling
(encz) | national debt ceiling, n: |
price ceiling
(encz) | price ceiling,cenový strop [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
rediscount ceiling
(encz) | rediscount ceiling, |
scrape me off the ceiling
(encz) | scrape me off the ceiling, |
service ceiling
(encz) | service ceiling, n: |
statutory ceiling
(encz) | statutory ceiling, |
camp ceiling
(gcide) | Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus
plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign,
Champ, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak.
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2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
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Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
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3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
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4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
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The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
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5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
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Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
Camp fever, typhus fever.
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool
has no back.
Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
[1913 Webster]Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See Cell, v. t.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side
of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the
floor.
(b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface,
with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when
done.
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2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
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Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
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Camp ceiling
(gcide) | Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus
plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign,
Champ, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak.
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2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
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Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
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3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
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4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
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The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
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5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
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Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
Camp fever, typhus fever.
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool
has no back.
Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
[1913 Webster]Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See Cell, v. t.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side
of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the
floor.
(b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface,
with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when
done.
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2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
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Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
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Ceiling
(gcide) | Ceil \Ceil\ (s[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceiled (s[=e]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Ceiling.] [From an older noun, fr. F. ciel
heaven, canopy, fr. L. caelum heaven, vault, arch, covering;
cf. Gr. koi^los hollow.]
1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to
furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.
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The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. --2
Chron. iii. 5
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2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster,
stucco, thin boards, or the like.
[1913 Webster]Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See Cell, v. t.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side
of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the
floor.
(b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface,
with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when
done.
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2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
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Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
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Ceiling boards
(gcide) | Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See Cell, v. t.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side
of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the
floor.
(b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface,
with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when
done.
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2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
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Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
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ceiling joist
(gcide) | Joist \Joist\ (joist), n. [OE. giste, OF. giste, F. g[^i]te, fr.
gesir to lie, F. g['e]sir. See Gist.] (Arch.)
A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which
the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a
ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or
use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist,
trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor,
under Double, a.
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Coved ceiling
(gcide) | Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Coving.] (Arch.)
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in
the form of a cove.
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The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are
rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H.
Swinburne.
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Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail
is constructed in a cove.
Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a
central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined
vault.
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low-ceilinged
(gcide) | low-ceilinged \low-ceilinged\ adj.
having a lower than normal ceiling.
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Wagon ceiling
(gcide) | Wagon \Wag"on\, n. [D. wagen. [root]136. See Wain.]
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1. A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually
drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight
or merchandise.
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Note: In the United States, light wagons are used for the
conveyance of persons and light commodities.
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2. A freight car on a railway. [Eng.]
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3. A chariot [Obs.] --Spenser.
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4. (Astron.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.
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Note: This word and its compounds are often written with two
g's (waggon, waggonage, etc.), chiefly in England. The
forms wagon, wagonage, etc., are, however,
etymologically preferable, and in the United States are
almost universally used.
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Wagon boiler. See the Note under Boiler, 3.
Wagon ceiling (Arch.), a semicircular, or wagon-headed,
arch or ceiling; -- sometimes used also of a ceiling whose
section is polygonal instead of semicircular.
Wagon master, an officer or person in charge of one or more
wagons, especially of those used for transporting freight,
as the supplies of an army, and the like.
Wagon shoe, a skid, or shoe, for retarding the motion of a
wagon wheel; a drag.
Wagon vault. (Arch.) See under 1st Vault.
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absolute ceiling
(wn) | absolute ceiling
n 1: the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain
horizontal flight |
ceilinged
(wn) | ceilinged
adj 1: provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior
surface; "the large beam-ceilinged living room" [ant:
floored] |
combat ceiling
(wn) | combat ceiling
n 1: altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a
given rate [syn: combat ceiling, service ceiling] |
debt ceiling
(wn) | debt ceiling
n 1: the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity [syn:
debt limit, debt ceiling] |
glass ceiling
(wn) | glass ceiling
n 1: a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in
the work force that prevents minorities and women from
advancing to leadership positions |
high-ceilinged
(wn) | high-ceilinged
adj 1: having a higher than normal ceiling |
hit the ceiling
(wn) | hit the ceiling
v 1: get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor
combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very
elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" [syn:
flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof,
hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust,
blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig,
lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic] |
low-ceilinged
(wn) | low-ceilinged
adj 1: having a lower than normal ceiling |
national debt ceiling
(wn) | national debt ceiling
n 1: a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt
cannot rise; periodically raised by Congress |
service ceiling
(wn) | service ceiling
n 1: altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a
given rate [syn: combat ceiling, service ceiling] |
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