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carpet

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/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt/ English

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noun

  1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
  2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
  3. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
  4. A wrought cover for tables.

verb

  1. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.“After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.”
  2. To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.“Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.”
  3. To reprimand.

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