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Definition of ceil
transitive verb
1 : to furnish (something, such as a wooden ship) with a lining
2 : to furnish with a ceiling
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Why does a retailer that sells faucets and ceiling fans have an interest in futuristic exoskeletons?
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The home has covered porches in the front, where the deep porch features ceiling fans, and in the rear.
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Armed with a 94- to 98-mph fastball and a sharp breaking ball, Greene is among the highest-ceiling high school pitchers in recent memory.
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The back porches both feature stone floors, ceiling fans and stone columns adding great ambiance.
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Don’t stop at a thermostat—ceiling fans from Haiku can be sped up or slowed with your voice, and Coway’s Airmega air purifier can obey Alexa.
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Adding finishing touches like ceiling fans and fireplaces enables families to spend more of the year outside.
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Ceiling fans are in all the bedrooms and living areas.
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Ceiling fans whirred softly inside the former antique mall in downtown Chesterton.
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Origin and Etymology of ceil
Middle English celen, from Medieval Latin celare, caelare, perhaps from Latin caelare to carve, from caelum chisel; akin to Latin caedere to cut
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