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carpet

  • noun
  • car·pet
  • /ˈkɑː.pɪt/

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

Other meanings

  1. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.

  2. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae

A kind of

  • floor cover

Kinds of carpet

  • flying carpet
  • red carpet
  • runner

Word history

From Italian "carpita".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “carpet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.