carpet

Speech parts

1. carpet - Noun

2. carpet - Verb

Meaning

A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.

A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.

To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rug carpeting matting runner mat doormat floor covering rugs berber parquet coat chastise baize cover layer
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Antonyms

revere adore roof praise acclaim hail
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Hypernyms

cover furnishing spread over natural object floor covering floor cover

Hyponyms

runner Kurdistan drugget Wilton red carpet prayer rug

Phrases with the word

wilton carpet the carpet matches the drapes under the carpet on the carpet upon the carpet sweep under the carpet

Derivatives

carpeted carpeting

Anagrams

peract preact capter

Examples

a carpet of flowers Source: Internet

the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet Source: Internet

carpet the floors of the house Source: Internet

flowers carpeted the meadows Source: Internet

A 7th century Sassanid stone carving at Taq-i-Bustan depics a fabric draped over the side of the boat, most likely a pile carpet. Source: Internet

A carpet of green springs from the desert during this brief wet season, attracting herders from throughout the region who come to pasture their cattle and camels. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carperidine carperitide carperone carpet bag carpet bagger carpet beater