carpetnoun
uk/ˈkɑː.pɪt/us/ˈkɑːr.pət/A2 [ C or U ] (a shaped piece of) thick material used for covering floors:
We've just had a new carpet fitted/laid in our bedroom.
UK We've got fitted (= cut to fit exactly) carpets in the bedrooms.
[ S ] a layer of something that covers the ground:
a carpet of snow
Our lawn is a carpet of daisies.
More examples
- carpet shampoo
- a luxurious deep-pile carpet
- I spilled red wine on their cream carpet.
- We've taken the carpet up and exposed the floorboards.
- He was busy hoovering the bedroom carpet when I got home.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Carpets, rugs & other floor coverings
- bath mat
- carpeted
- carpeting
- doormat
- fitted carpet
- fitter
- linoleum
- mat
- matting
- parquet
- Persian rug
- pile
- rug
- scatter rug
- shag
- underlay
- wall-to-wall
- welcome mat
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Coverings and layers
Idiom(s)
be on the carpet
carpetverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkɑː.pɪt/us/ˈkɑːr.pət/carpet verb [ T ] (COVER)
to cover something with carpet:
We need to carpet the stairs.
be carpeted with sth
to be covered with something:
In spring this area is carpeted with bluebells.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Carpets, rugs & other floor coverings
- bath mat
- carpeted
- carpeting
- doormat
- fitted carpet
- fitter
- linoleum
- mat
- matting
- parquet
- Persian rug
- pile
- rug
- scatter rug
- shag
- underlay
- wall-to-wall
- welcome mat
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Covering and adding layers
carpet verb [ T ] (CRITICIZE)
UK informal to severely criticize someone who has made a mistake
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- beat yourself up
- bring
- come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
- crucify
- dressing-down
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- upbraid
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