Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cathedral ceiling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: cathe-dral -ceil-ing
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vaulted ceiling that slopes upward from the walls, following the slope of the underside of the roof.

Example Sentences

"Big deck, high open-beam cathedral ceiling. A real charmer"

Inflected Forms

cathedral ceilings (plural)

Questions

What does cathedral ceiling mean?: A vaulted ceiling that slopes upward from the walls, following the slope of the underside of the roof.

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