'Carpet' definitions:
Definition of 'carpet'
From: WordNet
noun
Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet, carpeting]
noun
A natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet; "a carpet of flowers"; "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet"
verb
Form a carpet-like cover (over)
verb
Cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows"
verb
Cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"
Definition of 'Carpet'
From: GCIDE
- Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. Harvest.]
- 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. [1913 Webster]
- Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. "The grassy carpet of this plain." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug.
- Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service.
- Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {Tinea tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
- Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under Diamond.
- Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets.
- To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
- Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Carpet'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'carpet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asphalt,
- Axminster,
- berate,
- blacktop,
- body Brussels,
- broadloom,
- Brussels carpet,
- carpeting,
- Caucasian rug,
- causeway,
- cement,
- Chinese rug,
- cobblestone,
- concrete,
- cover,
- deck,
- doormat,
- drop cloth,
- drugget,
- duckboards,
- earth,
- East Indian rug,
- flag,
- floor,
- floor covering,
- floorboards,
- flooring,
- ground,
- ground cloth,
- ground-sheet,
- Indian rug,
- ingrain,
- lash,
- mat,
- metal,
- moquette,
- namda,
- nammad,
- Oriental rug,
- parquet,
- pave,
- pavement,
- paving,
- pebble,
- Persian rug,
- rail,
- rate,
- rug,
- rugs,
- Savonnerie,
- surfacing,
- take to task,
- tar,
- tell off,
- terra firma,
- throw rug,
- tiling,
- Turkish rug,
- upbraid,
- vituperate,
- welcome mat,
- wig,
- Wilton
Words containing 'Carpet'
- Carpeted,
- Carpeting,
- To be on the carpet,
- Brussels carpet,
- Carpet beetle,
- Carpet bug,
- Carpet knight,
- Carpet moth,
- Carpet snake,
- Carpet sweeper,
- Ingrain carpet,
- Rag carpet,
- Tapestry carpet,
- Turcoman carpet,
- Turkey carpet,
- Venetian carpet,
- Wilton carpet,
- Wood carpet,
- call on the carpet,
- carpet beater,
- carpet bomb,
- carpet bombing,
- carpet grass,
- carpet loom,
- carpet pad,
- carpet shark,
- carpet slipper,
- carpet tack,
- flying carpet,
- red carpet,
- water carpet,
- Triple ingrain carpet,
- black carpet beetle,
- buffalo carpet beetle,
- japanese carpet grass,
- red-carpet,
- stair-carpet