carpet
carpet definition
car·pet (kär′pət)
noun
- a thick, heavy fabric of wool, cotton, or synthetic fibers for covering a floor, stairs, etc.: it is woven, usually with a pile, or felted
- a strip, or several joined strips, of such fabric
- anything like a carpet a carpet of snow
Etymology: ME < OFr carpite, carpet, kind of cloth < ML carpita, thick woolen cloth < pp. of L carpere, to card, pluck: see excerpt
transitive verb
to cover with or as with a carpet
carpet Idioms
on the carpet
- under consideration
- before someone in authority, in order to be reprimanded
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