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Word: Carpet
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (denoting a thick fabric used as a cover for a table or bed): from Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita, from obsolete Italian carpita ‘woollen counterpane’, based on Latin carpere ‘pluck, pull to pieces’
ˈkɑːpɪt
a floor covering made from thick woven fabric
Short Definition:floor covering
Examples:- the house has fitted carpets throughout
- the floor was covered with carpet
a thick or soft expanse or layer of something
Short Definition:expanse or layer
Examples:- carpets of wood anemones and bluebells
a slender moth marked with undulating bands of colour across the wings.
Short Definition:moth
Word: Carpet
Speech Type: Verb
ˈkɑːpɪt
cover with carpet
Short Definition:cover with carpet
Examples:- the stairs were carpeted in a lovely shade of red
cover with a thick or soft expanse or layer of something
Short Definition:cover with expanse or layer
Examples:- the meadows are carpeted with flowers
reprimand severely
Short Definition:reprimand
Examples:- the Chancellor of the Exchequer carpeted the bank bosses
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