ceil /siːl/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •(literary) A ceiling.[…] The mossy sward / Beneath their feet, their carpet was, / An azure ceil, the sky above; […] — 1890 •Abbreviation of ceiling. verb2 •To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.It is nearly always old and bare, built of rough boards, and neither plastered nor ceiled. — 1903 •To set a higher bound. formsceiled · ceiling · ceils
