carpet

🇺🇸 /ˈkɑːrpɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkɑːpɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
noun
A2

a thick fabric used to cover floors

The new carpet makes the room feel warm.

R

a thick layer covering the ground

A carpet of leaves covered the path.

verb
R

to cover a floor with carpet

They decided to carpet the living room.

R

to cover with a thick layer

Flowers carpeted the hillside.

R

to scold someone angrily

The boss carpeted him for being late.

translation

n. a thick fabric used to cover floors; a thick layer covering the ground
v. to cover a floor with carpet; to cover with a thick layer; to scold someone angrily

Word Forms

Plural carpets
Progressive carpeting
Past carpeted
Perfect carpeted
3rd Present carpets