Carpet Fitted Thick Noun ˈkɑːpɪt ˈkɑːrpɪt Spent Morning

• he spent the morning laying the new carpet.
• a bedroom carpet
• we have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.
• a roll of carpet

carpet

1. a piece of thick woven material made of wool, etc., used to cover the floor of a room or stairs; the material used for carpets
• SEE ALSO carpeting
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• He spent the morning laying the new carpet.
• a bedroom carpet
• We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.
• a roll of carpet

Extra Examples

• I'm having the carpets fitted today.
• The cat curled up on the carpet.
• The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.
2. a thick layer of something on the ground
• a carpet of snow
3. called to see somebody in authority because you have done something wrong
• I got called on the carpet for being late.
4. to try to stop people from finding out about something wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done
• An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet.

Word Origin

• 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’.