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carpet



car·pet [carpet carpets carpeted carpeting] noun, verb BrE [ˈkɑːpɪt] NAmE [ˈkɑːrpɪt]
noun
1. uncountable a thick ↑woven material made of wool, etc. for covering floors or stairs
a roll of carpet
2. countable a piece of carpet used as a floor covering, especially when shaped to fit a room
to lay a carpet
a bedroom carpet
• (BrE) We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.
see also carpeting, ↑red carpet, ↑rug
3. countable ~ (of sth) (literary)a thick layer of sth on the ground
a carpet of snow
more at sweep sth under the carpet at sweep v.

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a thick fabric used as a cover for a table or bed): from Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita, from obsolete Italian carpita ‘woollen counterpane’, based on Latin carpere ‘pluck, pull to pieces’.

Example Bank:
I'm having the carpets fitted today.
The cat curled up on the carpet.
The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.
The leaves formed a carpet under the trees.
They rolled out the red carpet for the visitors.
a deep carpet of snow
Idiom:on the carpet
 
verb usually passive
1. ~ sth to cover the floor of a room with a carpet
The hall was carpeted in blue.
2. ~ sth (with/in sth) (literary)to cover sth with a thick layer of sth
The forest floor was carpeted with wild flowers.
3. ~ sb (informal, especially BrE)to speak angrily to sb because they have done sth wrong
Syn: reprimand
Senior officials were carpeted for leaking information to the press.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a thick fabric used as a cover for a table or bed): from Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita, from obsolete Italian carpita ‘woollen counterpane’, based on Latin carpere ‘pluck, pull to pieces’.
 

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