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[ kahr-pi-ting ] / ˈkɑr pɪ tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR carpeting ON THESAURUS.COM
nounmaterial for carpets. carpets in general. Origin of carpetingFirst recorded in 1750–60; carpet + -ing1 Words nearby carpetingcarpet beetle, carpet-bomb, carpet bombing, carpet bowling, carpet grass, carpeting, carpet knight, carpet, magic, carpet moth, carpet plot, carpet shark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for carpetingThe carpeting is worn, the furniture is falling apart, and the electricity is out for most of the day. The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The village houses are done up in pale gray and mauve and preside over lawns so neat and green they look like carpeting. The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town|E. Jean Carroll|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The hair was shorn after the gassings, then efficiently dried in the crematoria so it could be industrially spun into carpeting. My Visit To Hell|Christopher Buckley|January 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST It is calculated that one of these balls will weave about a yard of carpeting. Home Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle
To-day the fiat has gone forth, and we are already deep in consultation over paper and paint, chintz, and carpeting. An Isle in the Water|Katharine Tynan The carpenter had just put up a sign, which was covered over with a bit of carpeting. The Parent's Assistant|Maria Edgeworth About four miles of carpeting were required, there being so many staircases and passages, all of which were luxuriously covered. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I|James H. Mapleson In a flash my lady had torn down the heavy curtains from an inner doorway and was carpeting a horse path for us to the rear. The Master of Appleby|Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for carpeting
nouncarpet material or carpets in general Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to carpetingtapestry, mat, tile, carpet, woodwork, linoleum, rug, protect, coat, blanket, shroud, enclose, dress, bury, runner, matting, shag, floors, tiling, boards |