different between ceiling vs cradling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Homophone: sealing
• Hyphenation: ceil?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix).

Noun

ceiling (plural ceilings)

1. The overhead closure of a room.

2. The upper limit of an object or action.
   • 2008, N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Economics (volume 1, page 114)

     Market forces naturally move the economy to the equilibrium, and the price ceiling has no effect on the price or the quantity sold.

3. (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
4. (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."

5. (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.

6. (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
7. (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
8. (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

Synonyms

• ceil (poetic)
• (mathematics): ceil

Antonyms

• floor

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

ceiling

1. present participle of ceil

Anagrams

• cieling

English

Verb

cradling

1. present participle of cradle

   The woman was cradling the baby in the crook of her arm as she fed it.

Noun

cradling (plural cradlings)

1. The act by which one cradles a child etc.
   • 1967, Stuart A. Altmann, Social communication among primates

     About four thousand cradlings were observed among five mother-infant pairs during the first 15 weeks of each infant's life.

2. The act of using a cradle (the tool).
3. (coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
4. (carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)