Carpet Fitted Thick Noun Bre ˈkɑːpɪt ˈkɑːrpɪt Roll

• a roll of carpet
• to lay a carpet
• a bedroom carpet
• we have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.

carpet

1. a thick woven material made of wool, etc. for covering floors or stairs
• a roll of carpet
2. a piece of carpet used as a floor covering, especially when shaped to fit a room
• see also carpeting
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• to lay a carpet
• a bedroom carpet
• We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.
3. a thick layer of something on the ground
• a carpet of snow
4. called to see somebody in authority because you have done something wrong
• I got called on the carpet for being late.
5. 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.

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.
• The leaves formed a carpet under the trees.
• They rolled out the red carpet for the visitors.
• a deep carpet of snow

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’.