English Explanatory Dictionary

carpet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

verb

To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
To reprimand.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑː.pɪt/ /ˈkɑɹ.pət/ En-uk-carpet.ogg En-us-carpet.ogg

Word forms

carpet carpets carpeting carpeted

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Armenian կապերտ (kapert) Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet)bor. Medieval Latin carpitader. Old French carpitebor. Middle English carpette English carpet 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).

Derived words

altar carpet becarpet boom carpet brush something under the carpet Brussels carpet call on the carpet call onto the carpet carpetable carpetbag carpet-bag carpet bagger carpetball carpet beater carpet-beater carpet bedding carpet beetle carpet bomb carpet-bomb carpet bombing carpet bowling carpet bowls carpet bugle carpet burn carpet dance carpet fitter carpet grass carpeting carpet joint carpet kisser carpet knife carpet knight carpetlayer carpetless carpetlike carpetmaker carpetmaking carpetmonger carpet moth carpet muncher carpet munching carpet python carpet rod carpet shark carpetshark carpet shell carpet slipper carpet snake carpet sweeper carpetsweeper carpet viper carpetward carpetwards carpet washer carpetway carpet weed carpetweed carpetwork crazy carpet deep pile carpet Dutch carpet

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