Carpet Definition
kärpĭt
carpeted, carpeting, carpets
noun
carpets
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.
Webster's New World
A strip, or several joined strips, of such fabric.
Webster's New World
The fabric used for this floor covering.
American Heritage
Anything like a carpet.
A carpet of snow.
Webster's New World
A surface or surface covering that is similar to a rug.
A carpet of leaves and pine needles on the forest floor.
American Heritage
verb
carpeted, carpeting, carpets
To cover with or as with a carpet.
Webster's New World
(UK) To reprimand.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
on the carpet
- In a position of being reprimanded by one in authority:
was called on the carpet for cheating.
- Under discussion or consideration:
Important matters will be on the carpet at today's meeting.
American Heritage
on the carpet
- under consideration
- before someone in authority, in order to be reprimanded
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Carpet
Origin of Carpet
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Middle English from Old French carpite from Medieval Latin carpīta from Old Italian carpita from carpire to pluck from Latin carpere kerp- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita, the past participle of carpere (“to pluck”).
From Wiktionary
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