dropped ceiling

English

Noun

dropped ceiling (plural dropped ceilings)

1. A secondary ceiling, suspended from above, used to conceal wiring, plumbing and ducts

Synonyms

• ceiling tiles
• drop ceiling
• drop-in ceiling
• drop-out ceiling
• false ceiling
• grid ceiling
• hung ceiling
• suspended ceiling
• T-bar ceiling

Translations

secondary ceiling

Chinese: Cantonese: 假天花 (gaa2 tin1 faa1) Mandarin: 吊頂 / 吊顶 (diàodǐng) Finnish: alaslaskettu katto (fi) French: faux plafond (fr) m, plafond suspendu m German: abgehängte Decke f Greek: ψευδοροφή (el) f (psevdorofí) Hungarian: álmennyezet (hu) Spanish: techo falso m, plafón (es) m, cielorraso (es) m, quísame m (Phillipines)

Further reading

• dropped ceiling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia