painted ceiling

collocation in English

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paint
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪnt/us
/peɪnt/
a coloured liquid that is put on a surface such as a wall to ...
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ceiling
noun
uk
/ˈsiː.lɪŋ/us
/ˈsiː.lɪŋ/
the inside surface of a room that you can see when you look ...
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(Definition ofpaintandceilingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The chapel in those buildings has an outstanding 17th centurypaintedceiling.
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The library also features apaintedceilingand ornamental plaster work.
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Fourteenth-century wall paintings survive in the church and the woodenpaintedceilingis from the late 16th and early 17th century.
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The chapel door andpaintedceilingare also notweorthy.
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Part of thepaintedceilingwas also destroyed by this work.
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A small room is used as chapel and has original benches and apaintedceiling.
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The room is grossly rectangular, with apaintedceiling.
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The courthouse contains an elaboratepaintedceilingon the 2nd floor featuring portraits of county employees.
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The current building was built in 1635 and has an interesting flat woodenpaintedceiling.
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Other significant features include stained-glass windows, a proscenium arch, apaintedceiling, decorative plastering and wrought ironwork.
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The church contained a splendid 17th-centurypaintedceilingexpressing biblical images and a pulpit from 1648 by an unknown master.
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It was built as a unified structure incorporating a hotel, five lodging houses, and a grand assembly room with a finepaintedceiling.
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Inside, the nave is dominated by a largepaintedceiling, dating from 1697.
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The apartments have kept their woodwork and apaintedceilingfrom the 17th century.
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The commemorativepaintedceilingand other decoration were added in 1617.
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Inside, the church has apaintedceiling, decorated at the end of the 17th century.
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An ornamentalpaintedceilingwas added to the ninth-floor courtroom.
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The thrust stage is surmounted by a musicians' gallery, and the theatre has an ornatelypaintedceiling.
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The original stucco was removed from the house, and many of the interior details, including the elaboratelypaintedceilingmurals, were lost.
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