ceiling : Idioms & Phrases
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absolute ceiling
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noun the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight
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camp ceiling
(Arch.) , a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Webster 1913
Ceiling boards
- Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
Webster 1913
combat ceiling
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noun altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate
combat ceiling.
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Coved ceiling
- a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove.
Webster 1913
debt ceiling
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noun the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity
debt limit.
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glass ceiling
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noun a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions
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hit the ceiling
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verb get very angry and fly into a rage
hit the roof; flip one's lid; have kittens; fly off the handle; go ballistic; flip one's wig; throw a fit; blow one's stack; lose one's temper; combust; blow up; blow a fuse; have a fit.
- The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
- Spam makes me go ballistic
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national debt ceiling
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noun a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise; periodically raised by Congress
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service ceiling
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noun altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate
combat ceiling.
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Wagon ceiling
(Arch.) , a semicircular, or wagon-headed, arch or ceiling; sometimes used also of a ceiling whose section is polygonal instead of semicircular.
