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51carpet — car|pet1 W3S3 [ˈka:pıt US ˈka:r ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pull out ] 1.) [U and C] heavy woven material for covering floors or stairs, or a piece of this material →↑carpeting,… …
52Carpet beater — A carpet beater A carpet beater or carpetbeater (also referred to as a rug beater or rugbeater, mattenklopper, carpet whip, rug whip, clothes beater, dust beater or dustbeater, carpet duster, rug duster, or pillow fluffer, and formerly also as a… …
53carpet — I UK [ˈkɑː(r)pɪt] / US [ˈkɑrpət] noun Word forms carpet : singular carpet plural carpets ** 1) [countable/uncountable] a thick soft cover for a floor fitted/wall to wall carpet (= cut to fit a room): There was a green fitted carpet in the hall.… …
54Carpet sharks — Taxobox name = Carpet sharks image width = 250px image caption = Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Elasmobranchii ordo = Orectolobiformes ordo authority = Applegate …
55carpet — carpetless, adj. carpetlike, adj. /kahr pit/, n. 1. a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors. 2. a covering of this material. 3. any relatively soft surface or covering like a carpet: They walked on the carpet of grass. 4.… …
56carpet bug — noun small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics • Syn: ↑carpet beetle • Hypernyms: ↑beetle • Hyponyms: ↑buffalo carpet beetle, ↑Anthrenus scrophulariae, ↑black carpet beetle …
57Carpet sweeper — A carpet sweeper is a mechanical device for the cleaning of carpets in place. They were popular before the vacuum cleaner and have been largely superseded by them.However, some restaurant chains continue to use them (e.g. Perkins) as they are… …
58carpet — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)pɪt[/t]] carpets, carpeting, carpeted 1) N VAR 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.… …
59Carpet bag — A carpet bag is a traveling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug, ranging in size from a small purse to a large duffel bag.Such bags were popular in the United States and Europe during the 19th century. They are still made to this… …
60carpet — car|pet1 [ karpət ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a thick soft cover for a floor: wall to wall carpet (=cut to fit a room): There was a green wall to wall carpet in the hall. 2. ) count carpet of MAINLY LITERARY a layer of something soft covering …
