ceiling
B1UK /ˈsiːlɪŋ/US /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
Meaning
noun
the top inside surface of a room
“a large room with a high ceiling”
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“and then it, no, turns out you just hit a ceiling.”
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“But if she's cooking, she's dealing with people on the phone, she's talking to the kids, she's painting the ceiling -- (Laughter) she's doing open-heart surgery over here.”
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