false ceiling

collocation in English

meaningsoffalseandceiling

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false
adjective
uk
/fɒls/us
/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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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 offalseandceilingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The heat and fire travelled through the panels and into thefalseceilingand through the remainder of the sandwich panels.
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I hope they will be at least good when we go back with afalseceiling.
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Thefalseceilingin the plenary chamber will now be re-suspended using a new technique which has been approved by the independent experts and the local buildings authorities.
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The rooms are lofty, but that can be easily remedied by putting in afalseceilingso that not so much fuel is consumed for heating them.
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A lowerfalseceilingwas introduced to prevent rock shards from the vaults from falling to the assembly floor.
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No extreme weather conditions were reported and the structure was new, so it was assumed that thefalseceilinghad a defect.
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Afalseceilingor crash deck had been in place since 1996.
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Afalseceilinghad hidden the fresco for more than 330 years, until an investigation into some pigeons led to the discovery.
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The beams were hidden by afalseceiling, installed below the lantern stage of the tower.
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Below the roof, however, is approximately 7 metres of loosely compressed porous gravel suspended from steel cables above afalseceilingover the work area.
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For example, many proscenium theaters have a series of two or more catwalks running parallel to the proscenium arch above afalseceiling.
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It is believed that smoke filled the area between the warehouse's high roof and thefalseceilingcreated by the tarp.
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Gyproc offers a range offalseceilingand drywall solutions.
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This flexibility is produced by a system of acoustic curtains and a specialfalseceilingdesign called a black-hole, which absorbs most of the acoustic reflections of the hall.
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During the conversion to a cinema, many of the original surfaces were masked, and afalseceilingwas put in to close off the upper balcony.
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In urban areas they prefer to live in dry upper levels of buildings, so they are commonly found in wall cavities and false ceilings.
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Asbestos was sometimes flocked above false ceilings, inside technical ducts, and in many other small spaces where firefighters would have difficulty gaining access.
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There were no false ceilings or carpeting, nor exterior cleaning.
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It's false ceilings still allegedly cover the original from 1919.
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Among other things, the false ceilings would be removed and the building returned to its original state.
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