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carpet

noun · verb

Simple meaning

Floor covering made up of a piece of thick heavy fabric.

Pronunciation

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kahrpuht

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈkɑɹpət

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. figuratively

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

  2. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

  3. A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

verb

  1. uk

    To reprimand.

  2. Cover completely, as if with a carpet

  3. Form a carpet-like cover (over)

  4. transitive

    To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.

  5. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.

Used this way, carpet is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use carpet

  • “The new carpet made the living room feel much warmer and cozier.”

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Surface / cover

red carpetgreen carpet

Other combinations

magic carpetcarpet bagturkey carpetthick carpetnew carpetcarpet industry

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • carpetingnounInflected form

    Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).

  • carpetedadjectiveInflected form

    Covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • carpet bugnounCompound term

    Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics.

  • carpet grassnounCompound term

    Grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus.

  • carpet knightnounCompound term

    A knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle).

  • carpet loomnounCompound term

    A loom for weaving carpeting.

  • carpet mothnounCompound term

    Larvae feed on carpets and other woolens.

  • carpet padnounCompound term

    A pad placed under a carpet.

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