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carpet Definition:
- A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but, since the 20th century, synthetic fibers such as polypropylene, nylon or polyester are often used, as these fibers are less expensive than wool. The pile usually consists of twisted tufts which are typically heat-treated to maintain their structure. The term "carpet" is often used interchangeably with the term "rug", although the term "carpet" can be applied to a floor covering that covers an entire house, whereas a "rug" is generally no bigger than a single room, and traditionally does not even span from one wall to another, and is typically not even attached as part of the floor.
| Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc. |
| Carpet (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. |
| Carpet (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet |
| Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile |
| carpet bombing / area bombing / saturation bombing an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
| 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 Synonyme:
| carpet Axminster Brussels carpet Caucasian rug Chinese rug East Indian rug Indian rug Oriental rug Persian rug Savonnerie Turkish rug Wilton asphalt berate blacktop body Brussels broadloom carpeting causeway cement cobblestone concrete cover deck doormat drop cloth drugget duckboards earth flag floor floor covering floorboards flooring ground ground cloth ground-sheet ingrain lash mat metal moquette namda nammad parquet pave pavement paving pebble rail rate rug rugs surfacing take to task tar tell off terra firma throw rug tiling upbraid vituperate welcome mat wig |
| carpetbagger bunco artist bunco steerer cardsharp cardsharper con artist con man confidence man crimp horse coper horse trader jackleg land pirate land shark land-grabber mortgage shark pettifogger pitchman shark sharp sharper sharpie shortchanger shyster slicker spieler |