Ceiling and Line

Ceiling

Ceiling noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

Usage example: there's a ceiling on prices

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Line and ceiling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Ceiling".

Nearby Word: ceiled

Line noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

Usage example: you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior

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Ceiling and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ceiling" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

full	full ceiling	full line
similar	similar ceiling	similar line
certain	certain ceiling	certain line
original	original ceiling	original line
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, massive, white, classic.

Later, Corran encountered a cylindrical room with a red line going through it from the floor, along one side, to the ceiling.

Source: Gravity Screw
This explains Kat's line in the finished film about her father having "hit the ceiling" when he found out about the party.

Source: Orphaned Reference
Sensor backpacks are unusable in indoor maps, because the missile flight paths (as per above) would cause them to hit the ceiling, relegating Launcher units to line of sight.

Source: Video Game / Front Mission

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