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Carpet Carpeted Laid Leaves Ground Room Floor Thickly

word carpet
definition
noun
A carpet is a thick covering of soft material which is laid over a floor or a staircase .
They put down wooden boards, and laid new carpets on top.
...the stain on our living-room carpet.
A carpet of something such as leaves or plants is a layer of them which covers the ground .
The carpet of leaves in my yard became more and more noticeable.
verb
If a floor or a room is carpeted, a carpet is laid on the floor.
The room had been carpeted and the windows glazed with coloured glass.
The main gaming room was thickly carpeted.
If the ground is carpeted with something such as leaves or plants, it is completely covered by them.
The ground was thickly carpeted with pine needles.
inflections carpetscarpetingcarpeted
cefr-level A2

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