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car·pet·ing

(kär′pĭ-tĭng)

1. Material used for carpets.

2. A carpet or carpets.

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carpeting

(ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ)

(Furniture) carpet material or carpets in general

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car•pet

(ˈkɑr pɪt)

n.

1. a heavy woven or felted fabric for covering floors.

2. a covering of this.

3. any surface or covering resembling a carpet.

v.t.

4. to cover or furnish with or as if with a carpet.

Idioms:

on the carpet, summoned for a reprimand.

[1300–50; Middle English carpete cloth covering < Middle French carpite or Medieval Latin carpīta < Italian carpita < Vulgar Latin *carpīta, past participle of *carpīre, for Latin carpere to pluck]

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Noun

carpeting - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

carpet, rug

broadloom - a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams

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

drugget - a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling

edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)

floor cover, floor covering - a covering for a floor

flying carpet - (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go

furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable

hearthrug - a rug spread out in front of a fireplace

Kurdistan - an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability

nammad, numdah, numdah rug - an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt

prayer mat, prayer rug - a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions

red carpet - a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on

runner - a long narrow carpet

scatter rug, throw rug - a small rug; several can be used in a room

stair-carpet - a strip of carpet for laying on stairs

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

Translations

copertura con un tappeto

carpeting

[ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ] N → alfombrado m, tapizado m; (wall to wall) → moqueta f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

carpeting

n → Teppiche pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

carpeting

[ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ] n → moquette f

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