Carpet Meaning
/ˈkɑː.pɪt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA fabric used as a complete floor covering.
nounAny surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
Sentence Examples
This carpet is one of the most beautiful.
Of course, to be valuable, an old carpet must be in good condition.
He spent the morning laying the new carpet.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She vacuumed the dirty ____ in the living room every morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We decided to put a soft new ____ in the living room for comfort.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Old Armenian կապերտ (kapert) Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet)bor. Medieval Latin carpitader. Old French carpitebor. Middle English carpette English carpet 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).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire."
— 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
"The railways are anxious to refurbish their stations and rolling stock when they can get labour and materials, although it is unlikely that they contemplate deep carpets in wayside waiting rooms. Lack of carpets at present is not confined to railways, and roaring fires in the present fuel scarcity would probably be considered anti-social in wayside waiting rooms."
— 1946 March and April, “State Railway Dreams”, in Railway Magazine, page 67:
"The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
"the grassy carpet of this plain"
— 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
"Way deep in left field, where the carpet of green sloped upward to a terrace and greeted the thick line of trees, he reached out his glove."
— 2009, Loren Long, Phil Bildner, Magic in the Outfield, page 47:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She vacuumed the dirty ____ in the living room every morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We decided to put a soft new ____ in the living room for comfort.