different between ceiling vs terrace

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

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Etymology 2

Verb

ceiling

1. present participle of ceil

Anagrams

• cieling

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

Translations

Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace