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What does ceil mean? Is ceil a Scrabble word?

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Is ceil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ceil is a Scrabble US word. The word ceil is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

C3E1I1L1

Is ceil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ceil is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

C3E1I1L1

Is ceil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ceil is a Words With Friends word. The word ceil is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4E1I1L2

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4-letter words (3 found)

CEIL,CIEL,LICE,

3-letter words (4 found)

CEL,ICE,LEI,LIE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EL,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from ceil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ceil

ceil

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophones: SEAL, seal

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps related to Latin cēlō (“to hide”).

Alternative forms

  • ciel

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
Derived terms
  • ceiler
  • ceiling

Etymology 2

Abbrevation of ceiling, influenced by French ciel

Noun

ceil (plural ceils)

  1. (poetic) A ceiling.
  2. (mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
Derived terms
  • ceil function
Translations

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

  1. (mathematics) To set a higher bound.

Anagrams

  • -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ciel, lice

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin cēlō, Old English helan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cɛlʲ/

Verb

ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)(transitive)

  1. to hide, conceal
    Synonym: folaigh
  2. to cover up, disguise

Conjugation

Related terms

  • ceilteach (“secretive”, adjective)

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Source: wiktionary.org