carpet
noun /ˈkɑːpɪt/
/ˈkɑːrpɪt/
Idioms 
enlarge image[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
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
- …
- roll
- make
- weave
- fit
- …
- design
- runner
- tile
- …
- on a/the carpet
- [countable] carpet (of something) (literary) a thick layer of something on the ground
- a carpet of snow
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- thick
- lush
- …
- form
- carpet of
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
- (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)
- 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.