Carpet

What do we mean by carpet?

A thick heavy covering for a floor, usually made of woven wool or synthetic fibers, especially one covering the entire surface of the floor. noun

The fabric used for this floor covering. noun

A surface or surface covering that is similar to a rug. noun

To cover with or as if with a carpet. transitive verb

(on the carpet) In a position of being reprimanded by one in authority. idiom

(on the carpet) Under discussion or consideration. idiom

A British collectors' name for any one of several species of geometrid moths whose wings bear a carpet-like design, as the flame-carpet (Coremia propugnata) and the hazel-carpet (Cidaria corylata). noun

To cover with or as with a carpet; spread with carpets: as, to carpet a room.

To bring upon the carpet or under consideration; make a subject of investigation; hence, to reprimand; “haul over the coals.”

A thick fabric, usually woven of wool, or of wool on a linen ground or back, and in more or less ornamental designs, used for covering floors, stairs, etc. noun

Especially, a covering of this material for a floor or stair, made of several widths sewed together and intended to cover all the floor-space of a room, as distinguished, from a rug, which is usually woven in one piece of a definite shape (either oblong or square), and is designed to cover a part of the floor only. noun

Figuratively, anything used as a carpet, or serving the purpose of a carpet. noun

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. noun

A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. noun

A small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariæ), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug. noun

One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. noun

The larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larvæ of species of Tinea (as Tinea tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus. noun

An Australian snake. See Diamond snake, under Diamond. noun

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.

Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae

A wrought cover for tables.

A woman's pubic hair.

Words that are spelled similarly to carpet:
carpet, caret, carpel, carnet, carpe, capet, carper, carped, carpen.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word carpet:
rug, sweeper, weaving, upholstery, woven, flooring, atp, cleaning, moth, courts, cleaner, pile, python, wool, mats, knots, bombing, beetle, tiles, textile, shark, challenger, decommissioned, oriental, celebrities, tier, premiere, bag, prix, ride, furniture, veterans, silk, lift, manufacturer, celebrity, floor, dress, persian, tennis, snake, grass, designs, pattern, factory, azerbaijan, vinyl, sailed, fashion, edition, armenian, magic, circuit, duty, mtv, grammy, iranian, manufacturing, patterns, awards, mills, pearl, pages, shop, ski, tournament, tokyo.

Words that rhyme with carpet:
tar pit, par putt, sharp hit, sharp it.

Adjectives that are often used to describe carpet:
red, thick, green, magic, new, soft, persian, old, white, blue, rich, oriental, brown, deep, beautiful, dark, wall, gray, colored, threadbare, room, crimson, beige, bright, fine, heavy, black, turkish, thin, dense, purple, pale, yellow, patterned, lush, grey, worn, coloured, vast, dirty, pink, golden, expensive, flowered, handsome, cheap, nice, floral, grassy, smooth, tufted, chinese, light, clean, outdoor, huge, verdant, continuous, magnificent, stained, royal, fitted, orange, luxurious, plain, mossy, wet, lovely, shabby, dusty, piled, pretty, warm, brilliant, stair, ragged, silken, endless, frayed, made, gorgeous, scarlet, gay.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective carpet:
bag, baggers, bagger, making, weaving, grass, bombing, bedding, beetle, weed, sweepers, cleaning, courtship, weavers, bags, the, wool, knight, layer, manufacture, beating, looms, moth, makers, weaver, snakes, tack, knights, snake, preservation, factory, shell, knotting, bed, beetles, sweeper, pattern, tackers, beds, maker.

Words that sound like carpet:
carpet, korbut, carpets, carped, car boot, carpa, carpeta, corbett, corbet, corbit, corbitt, core bit, garbutt, corporate, corot, corpsed, cop it, koret, kopit, carrot, carpal, carat, kaput, karat, carpel, carport, copout, capet, carpus, carbide, cop out, karot, kaputt, karet, carpo, carpio, cop-out, garbett, carpi, curet, karpen, car part, car port, cobot, kerat, cockpit, corset, corpus, cock pit, carping, corba, capit, cowpat, corpo, cow pat, courbet, korat, cowrite, core out, korba, corpuz, cobbett, korpi, carpic, chorba, carbon, carpenter, carp, carpool, carpe, cabot, carpals, caput, carbo, capote, carper, car seat, carpeting, capa, carnate, carra, carps, carry out, carby, caras, carpels, carpeted, carlot, cariad, carnot, caria, carnet, car pool, carboy, carbos, carry-out, carked, capot, carpers, car-pool.