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Collocations for ceiling - noun

1. top surface inside a room

ADJ.

high, low | domed, sloping, suspended, vaulted | painted
The palace is famous for its 17th-century painted ceilings.

CEILING + VERB

collapse

PREP.

on the ~
a fly on the ceiling

PHRASES

from ceiling to floor/from floor to ceiling
The bathroom has mirrors from ceiling to floor.

2. top limit on wages/prices, etc.

ADJ.

expenditure, price

VERB + CEILING

impose, place, put, set
They have put a ceiling on the price of petrol.
abolish | lift, raise
The government has decided to lift price ceilings on bread, milk and other staples.
lower

PREP.

~ on
a ceiling on imports

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