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Definition of carpet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carpet

noun
 
/ˈkɑːpɪt/
 
/ˈkɑːrpɪt/
Idioms
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a piece of thick woven material made of wool, etc., used to cover the floor of a room or stairs; the material used for carpets
    • He spent the morning laying the new carpet.
    • a bedroom carpet
    • (British English) We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.
    • a roll of carpet
    see also carpeting, magic carpet, Persian carpet, red carpet, rugTopics Houses and homesa2
    Extra Examples
    • I'm having the carpets fitted today.
    • The cat curled up on the carpet.
    • The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep-pile
    • lush
    • plush
    … of carpet
    • roll
    verb + carpet
    • make
    • weave
    • fit
    carpet + noun
    • design
    • runner
    • tile
    preposition
    • on a/​the carpet
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  2. [countable] carpet (of something) (literary) a thick layer of something on the ground
    • a carpet of snow
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • thick
    • lush
    verb + carpet
    • form
    preposition
    • carpet of
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  3. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a thick fabric used as a cover for a table or bed): from Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita, from obsolete Italian carpita ‘woollen counterpane’, based on Latin carpere ‘pluck, pull to pieces’.
Idioms
(be/get called) on the carpet
  1. (informal, especially North American English) called to see somebody in authority because you have done something wrong
    • I got called on the carpet for being late.
sweep something under the carpet
(US English also sweep something under the rug)
  1. to try to stop people from finding out about something wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done
    • An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet.
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