carpet
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
Noun 3 meanings
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
Verb 3 meanings
To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
“After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.”
To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
“Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.”
To reprimand.
Etymology
From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).
CARPET at a glance
CARPET has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + R 1 + P 3 + E 1 + T 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,209 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with carpet
All rhymes- PUPPET12
- TRUMPET11
- SNIPPET11
- MUPPET12
- PARAPET11
- POPPET12
- LIMPET10
- WHIPPET17
- CRUMPET13
- TIPPET10
- STRUMPET12
- TAPPET10
One letter away
- CARPER10
- CARPEL10
- CARNET8
- CARPED11
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