ceiling fan

noun

A fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light.

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overhead fan
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Meanings

nounceiling fan (plural ceiling fans)

plural ceiling fans

  1. A fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light.

    It was set too high to reflect him, it carried only a shelf of looking-glass beer and the moving blades of the ceiling-fan.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 462

    Synonyms: overhead fan

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: someone who really likes ceilings..

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light.

Similar
overhead fan

Translations

Catalan ventilador del sostre
  • ventilador del sostrefan fixture on a ceiling
Chinese Mandarin 吊扇
  • 吊扇 (diàoshàn)fan fixture on a ceiling
Dutch plafondventilator
  • plafondventilatorfan fixture on a ceiling
Finnish kattotuuletin
  • kattotuuletinfan fixture on a ceiling
French ventilateur de plafond
  • ventilateur de plafondfan fixture on a ceiling
German Deckenventilator
  • Deckenventilatorfan fixture on a ceiling
Hungarian mennyezeti ventilátor, plafonventilátor
  • mennyezeti ventilátorfan fixture on a ceiling
  • plafonventilátorfan fixture on a ceiling
Italian ventilatore da soffitto
  • ventilatore da soffittofan fixture on a ceiling
Japanese 天井扇風機, シーリングファン
  • 天井扇風機 (tenjō senpūki)fan fixture on a ceiling
  • シーリングファン (shīringu fan)fan fixture on a ceiling
Malay kipas siling
  • kipas silingfan fixture on a ceiling
Polish wentylator sufitowy
  • wentylator sufitowyfan fixture on a ceiling
Portuguese ventilador de teto
  • ventilador de tetofan fixture on a ceiling
Romanian ventilator de tavan
  • ventilator de tavanfan fixture on a ceiling
Russian вентиля́тор
  • вентиля́тор (ventiljátor)fan fixture on a ceiling
Spanish ventilador de techo, abano
  • ventilador de techofan fixture on a ceiling
  • abanofan fixture on a ceiling
Swedish takfläkt
  • takfläktfan fixture on a ceiling
Thai พัดลมเพดาน
  • พัดลมเพดานfan fixture on a ceiling
Turkish pervane
  • pervanefan fixture on a ceiling
Vietnamese quạt trần
  • quạt trầnfan fixture on a ceiling
Cite this entry
APA

ceiling fan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceiling%20fan

MLA

“ceiling fan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceiling%20fan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceiling fan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceiling%20fan.

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