(v. t.) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
(v. t.) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
(v. t.) The inner planking of a vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
(2) However in a repeat of the current standoff over the federal budget, the conservative wing of the Republican party is threatening to exploit its leverage over raising the debt ceiling to unpick Obama's healthcare reforms.
(3) His office - with a floor-to-ceiling glass wall offering views over a Bradford suburb and distant moors - is devoid of knick-knacks or memorabilia.
(4) Among the non-standard postures examined were: twisting while lifting or lowering, lifting and lowering from lying, sitting, kneeling, and squatting positions, and carrying loads under conditions of constricted ceiling heights.
(5) "We have been clear there is flexibility in this offer within the cost ceiling.
(6) Moody's said on Wednesday night that there was a greater risk that the US government would not agree to increase its debt ceiling above the legal limit of $14.3 trillion (£8.86tn), hit in May .
(7) "If there are no systemic changes to our debt, to our entitlement programs, then I would vote no on raising the debt ceiling."
(8) The effects of some modern high ceiling loop diuretics on the guinea-pig's inner ear are tested.
(9) Nineteen healthy young women with moderate hypothermia after abdominal surgery were studied for 2 h postoperatively with or without external heating from a heating ceiling.
(10) With so many different measures of EU spending, a freeze or cut in one of the ceilings being set this week may not translate into a freeze or cut in the actual amount of money spent.
(11) In the meditation hall, daddy longlegs dropped from the ceiling, feeding my anxiety.
(12) Steps wind down a rugged rock face to a bedroom, while light floods in from round skylights in the domed ceiling above.
(13) For example, in May 2012 , Hockey said, “Australians are right to be concerned about handing Wayne Swan yet another increase in our nation’s credit card limit.” He then went on Alan Jones to argue that the government could not make claims that it was making savings if it was also increasing the debt ceiling from $250bn to $300bn.
(14) And when S&P downgraded the US long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+, it was doing so for some sound reasons – because of the appalling immaturity of the Republican Tea Partiers in their negotiations over the debt ceiling.
(15) If you squat in the corner of a big cube ( a cubical room, say), you can see at least a floor, a ceiling and three walls.
(16) From Bantry Bay to Bucharest, European ceilings today bear witness to a mass hanging signifying the end of the incandescent bulb.
(17) Updated at 11.27am BST 11.18am BST Another reminder that the debt ceiling is looming: James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) Washington fell off the government shutdown cliff ... and there is not another cliff to break its fall until Oct. 17 - Wash. Research Group October 1, 2013 11.16am BST How much will the shutdown cost?
(18) I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but I know someday someone will and hopefully sooner than we might think right now,” she added.
(19) When it comes to the debt ceiling... it is absolutely his view that demands for aransom of any kind, any kind of extraction of a concession ... are unacceptable.
(20) David Cameron spoke of the "thickness" of the glass ceiling she smashed through, again as if other women had been clambering merrily through the gaping governmental hole she had thoughtfully crafted ever since.
Headway
Definition:
(n.) The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
(n.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath.
Example Sentences:
(1) A recent UN study ranked Brazil 116th out of 143 countries in terms of the proportion of women in the national legislature and efforts to remedy this with a quota system – such as those adopted by neighbouring Argentina and Bolivia – have made little headway, despite Suplicy's heavy campaigning.
(2) On the basis of their review, the authors conclude that, generally speaking, suicide prediction research has made little headway over the past 25 years.
(3) Although the conservative-dominated coalition has made headway in purging the state sector since it assumed power in June 2012, sceptical attitudes have been hard to erase.
(4) That there is now genuine competition among them for the best talent, that the internet and the international viewing audience now mean programme makers can circumvent traditional channels and commissioners if they feel they're making no headway for them.
(5) Its findings – including evidence that the Republican nominee is making dramatic headway with female voters, young people and those in the heartlands of the mid-west – appear to confirm that Obama's listless performance at the debate, and by contrast Romney's strong showing, has translated into a powerful political force.
(6) There has been an effective ban on federal funding related to gun violence prevention research since 1996, when Congress put language in its Appropriations Bill stipulating: “None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.” This hamstrings our national health protectors, CDC and the National Institutes of Health, from getting the science necessary to make headway.
(7) Those in Bangladesh who demanded government intervention in one of the country's few economic success stories made little headway when dozens of garment factory owners sat in parliament and powerful industry bodies had the ear of policymakers.
(8) Qatar’s sports minister, Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali, on Tuesday told Associated Press that it was making headway.
(9) The National Farmers Union is taking legal advice to try to get compensation for the region's farmers but regional director Melanie Squires said they were having a "torrid time" making any headway with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
(10) Meanwhile the government appears to be making little headway in negotiations with the crossbench over the $5.5bn it wants to cut from family tax benefit B, which is paid to single parents and single income families earning up to $150,000, to fund its $3.5bn childcare plan.
(11) Britain believes that the twin-track approach to dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions – negotiations and sanctions – is failing to make much headway, and Cameron expects to receive support for tightening sanctions.
(12) The UK has made headway in some respects on gender equality at work, according to separate research published on Monday that shows the country rising up a “women in work” league table .
(13) Though deadlocked at home, Barack Obama impressed both sides of British politics and in 2009 entered the hostile atmosphere of the Kremlin to befriend the then-president Dmitry Medvedev and make headway on a difficult disarmament treaty.
(14) Activists fear that as western troops head home, taking with them both money and the attention of the voting public back home, conservatives are making headway in undermining rights they see as a foreign imposition.
(15) Attempts by doctors to change the public conversation made little headway, and those who continued to prescribe opiates to addicts as part of treatment programs were jailed .
(16) While biomedical research continues to make headway in uncovering factors related to the disease, the causes, and therefore, the treatment remain just beyond our reach.
(17) EADS on the other hand has struggled to make as much headway in the US defence market, and analysts say the Americans may downgrade BAE's SSA if it looks as if France may interfere.
(18) Hopes of headway being made late Wednesday when the two party leaders met with prime minister Antonis Samaras for talks aimed at finally forging some consensus fell on stony ground.
(19) Others, including the Dutch finance minister, Jeroen Dijsselbloem – who chairs the Eurogroup of euro area finance ministers – continued to blame the lack of headway on Athens.
(20) Their leader had tried this line of the attack the previous week and made little headway.