Facing or directed toward the ceiling.

Toward the ceiling.

Towards the ceiling.

Especially in America, a social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.

A social barrier to consideration (by cisgender women) of transgender women as viable sexual partners. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, ceiling.

(politics, economics) The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow.

An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for gay and lesbian people.

An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for gay and lesbian people.

plural of ceiling fan

plural of drop ceiling