1. a decorated ceiling or the ornamental design covering a ceiling
Usage: formal; often used in architecture and art history
2. in painting, a large decorative composition painted on a ceiling
Usage: art history; from French

Examples

• The baroque plafond in the cathedral featured intricate frescoes of religious scenes.
• The artist spent three years completing the ornate plafond above the grand staircase.
• The palace's plafond displayed allegorical figures painted in vivid colors.
• Visitors gazed upward at the elaborate plafond decorated with gold leaf and cherubs.
• The restoration team carefully cleaned the 18th-century plafond to reveal its original brilliance.