high ceiling

collocation in English

meaningsofhighandceiling

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high
adjective
uk
/haɪ/us
/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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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 ofhighandceilingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Why, therefore, is such ahighceilingneeded?
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That would have had the effect of placing a very low ceiling on the rents of some authorities and ahighceilingon others.
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Anxiety has been expressed about thehighceilingfor sickness benefit and the danger that absenteeism will be encouraged.
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Despite a fairlyhighceiling, the amount of intervention fund money used during the past year was as little as £15 million.
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We agree that the port is unique, and we see the reason why the authority says that it needs an especiallyhighceilingfor expense without getting approval.
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The hall has ahighceilingwhich is fronted by a cool verandah that faces a street with an avenue of trees.
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Ahighceilingis found in the station and the northbound platform has an old tower at the south end.
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Pointed arch brackets support the purlins of thehighceiling; the windows have deep splayed plain surrounds.
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For a comfortable, easily accessible meeting place, they removed part of the second floor making a large, beautiful,highceilingsanctuary.
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The roofs low extrusion divides the elevation into upper and lower sections, although the interior spaces have quite ahighceilingheight (max 5.1m).
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Thehighceilingand the fixed mirrors are impressive.
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The central lobby contains marble stairs and flooring, and ahighceilingwith decorative plaster work.
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The interior of the church has ahighceiling, a balcony above the narthex, and white-painted features.
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Each room had ahighceiling, plaster walls, and a door with a six-light transom above.
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Thehighceilinghas triangular panels of red balau and ramin timber wood that are set in crisscrossing pattern.
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The museum wing of the building (44x 58) is on the north with ahighceiling.
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The interior of the building consists of a single room with ahighceilingand elaborate pressed tin ornamentation.
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