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| beamed ceiling |
a ceiling that has exposed beams. |
| ceil |
to furnish with a ceiling. [2 definitions] |
| chandelier |
a light fixture, often decorative, suspended from a ceiling and bearing multiple lights. |
| dome |
a rounded, circular roof or ceiling on a room or building. [1/7 definitions] |
| flypaper |
paper with a sticky, sometimes poisonous coating, often hung in narrow strips from the ceiling, to catch and kill flies. |
| headroom |
the clear space between the head and a ceiling, arch, or top of a doorway. |
| headway2 |
the clear space between the head and a ceiling, arch, or top of a doorway; headroom. |
| indirect lighting |
lighting not directed at the object or area to be illuminated, but rather reflected, as off a ceiling, or diffused. |
| joist |
any of usu. many small beams placed horizontally from one side of a room or building to the other, to which a ceiling or floorboards are to be attached. [1/2 definitions] |
| mural |
a picture, usu. large in scale, painted on or made a part of a wall or ceiling. [2/3 definitions] |
| oubliette |
a hidden dungeon entered only through a trap door in the ceiling, as found in certain old castles. |
| overhead |
located or installed above head level, as in the ceiling. [1/5 definitions] |
| pane |
a division or panel, as of a door, ceiling, or wainscoting. [1/2 definitions] |
| planetarium |
an apparatus that projects a representation of the stars, planets, and the like, usu. upon a dome-shaped ceiling. [1/3 definitions] |
| punkah |
a large fan used in India, traditionally wielded by a servant, consisting of a hand-held palmyra leaf or a strip of canvas stretched on a frame that is suspended from the ceiling and operated by ropes and pulleys. |
| rotunda |
a large central hall with a high ceiling, such as the lobby of a hotel or office building. [1/2 definitions] |
| scuttle3 |
a small covered hatch or other opening, as in a ship, roof, or ceiling. [1/4 definitions] |
| skylight |
a window in a roof or ceiling, used to admit light. |
| subceiling |
combined form of ceiling. |
| track lighting |
a means of illuminating a room or the like with adjustable lights that are arranged along a narrow electrified track on a wall or ceiling. |
| trapdoor |
a hinged or sliding door that is fitted into and usu. flush with a floor, ceiling, or roof. |
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