| support reinforcement reenforcement | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission, they called for artillery support |
carpet bombing
area bombing
saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
| reward reinforcement | an act performed to strengthen approved behavior |
carpet shark
Orectolobus barbatus | shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin |
carpet snake
Python variegatus
Morelia spilotes variegatus | Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back |
carpet beetle
carpet bug | small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics |
buffalo carpet beetle
Anthrenus scrophulariae | a small black and red and white carpet beetle |
| black carpet beetle | a carpet beetle that is solid black in color |
carpet moth
tapestry moth
Trichophaga tapetzella | larvae feed on carpets and other woolens |
| Brussels carpet | a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern |
carpet beater
rug beater | implement for beating dust out of carpets |
| carpet loom | a loom for weaving carpeting |
carpet pad
rug pad
underlay
underlayment | a pad placed under a carpet |
carpet sweeper
sweeper | a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet |
| carpet tack | used to nail down carpets |
| flying carpet | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go |
| red carpet | a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on |
rug
carpet
carpeting | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) |
slipper
carpet slipper | low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily, usually worn indoors |
strengthener
reinforcement | a device designed to provide additional strength, the cardboard backing was just a strengthener, he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook |
Wilton
Wilton carpet | a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile |
reinforcing stimulus
reinforcer
reinforcement | (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it |
reinforcement
reenforcement | information that makes more forcible or convincing, his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints |
| carpet | 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 |
| carpet knight | a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle) |
smut grass
blackseed
carpet grass
Sporobolus poiretii | grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus |
Manila grass
Japanese carpet grass
Zoysia matrella | lawn grass common in the Philippines, grown also in United States |
water carpet
water mat
Chrysosplenium americanum | aquatic herb with yellowish flowers, central and western United States |
call on the carpet
take to task
rebuke
rag
trounce
reproof
lecture
reprimand jaw dress down
call down
scold
chide
berate
bawl out
remonstrate chew out
chew up
have words
lambaste
lambast
dcc | censure severely or angrily, The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car, The deputy ragged the Prime Minister, The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
| carpet bomb | bomb a large area systematically and extensively, The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam |
| carpet | cover with a carpet, carpet the floors of the house |
| carpet | cover completely, as if with a carpet, flowers carpeted the meadows |
| carpet | form a carpet-like cover (over) |
red carpet(a)
red-carpet(a) | special treatment or hospitality, the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment |