carpet

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A wrought cover for tables.
5. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A woman's pubic hair.

Verb

1. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
2. (transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
3. (UK) To reprimand.

Synonyms

rug

mat

blanket

carpeting

carpet-shaped

matting

cover

floor covering

cushion

cope

covering

disguise

drape

drugget

encase

engulf

flood

front

grow over

hatchet

incase

linoleum

mantle

mask

😷

mattress

moquette

obliterate

obscure

obstruct

occult

overgrow

paste

scatter rug

scold

screen

shroud

smother

snake

🐍

spread

stall

strafe

strew

submerge

table-cloth

tapestry

tapis

tell off

throw

tick off

white out

Translations

tapis

Teppich

tappeto

tapijt

alfombra

tapete

vloerkleed

kilim

catifa

karpet

τάπητας

χαλί

kleed

moquette

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: carpette

In summary

From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).

Sentences

When the carpet and the curtains caught fire , it was getting warm .