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carpeted

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɑːpɪtɪd/


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
car•pet /ˈkɑrpɪt/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. Textilesa heavy, thick, woven fabric for covering floors.
  2. any surface or covering resembling a carpet;
    layer:a carpet of wildflowers in the meadow.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to cover with or as if with a carpet:They decided to carpet the hallway.
Idioms
  1. Idioms on the carpet, summoned for a scolding;
    in trouble:His boss called him on the carpet after his last mistake.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
car•pet  (kär′pit),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Textilesa heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  2. Textilesa covering of this material.
  3. any relatively soft surface or covering like a carpet:They walked on the carpet of grass.
  4. Idioms on the carpet:
    • before an authority or superior for an accounting of one's actions or a reprimand:He was called on the carpet again for his carelessness.
    • [Chiefly Brit.]under consideration or discussion.
  5. any of a number of airborne electronic devices for jamming radar.
  6. a system of such devices.

v.t. 
  1. to cover or furnish with or as with a carpet.
  2. British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to reprimand.
  • Vulgar Latin *carpīta, past participle of carpīre, for Latin carpere to pluck, card (wool)
  • Italian carpita woolen bedspread
  • Middle French carpite or Medieval Latin carpīta
  • Middle English carpete cloth covering for a table, floor, bed, etc. 1300–50
car′pet•less, adj. 
car′pet•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
carpet /ˈkɑːpɪt/ n
  1. a heavy fabric for covering floors
  2. a covering like a carpet: a carpet of leaves
  3. on the carpet ⇒ informal
    • before authority to be reproved for misconduct or error
    • under consideration
 vb ( -pets, -peting, -peted) (transitive)
  1. to cover with or as if with a carpet
  2. informal to reprimand
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from Late Latin carpeta, literally: (wool) that has been carded, from Latin carpere to pluck, card
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