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stucco
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noun
a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
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verb
coat with stucco
stucco the ceiling
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verb
decorate with stucco work
stuccoed ceilings
ceiling
Noun
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The top part of a room.
This room has a very interesting ceiling.
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The upper limit of an object or action.
price ceilings
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The highest altitude that an aircraft may fly.
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The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
The ceiling of 4.5 is 5.
block
Noun
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A block is a hard piece of material, usually with six smooth sides.
When I was young, I liked building things with wooden blocks.
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A city block is the distance from one road to the next.
We have to walk about three blocks to the restaurant.
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In computers, a block is a restriction that prevents access to something.
I could not start a page on Wikipedia because of a block.
block
Verb
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If mathX/math is blocking mathY/math, then mathY/math can't go past mathX/math.
The water in the bath won't go down. There's something blocking the drain.
The road was blocked by police.
Excuse me! You're blocking my view. I can't see.