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carpet British & World English

a floor covering made from thick woven fabric

carpet bag British & World English

a travelling bag of a kind originally made of carpet-like material

carpet-bomb British & World English

bomb (an area) intensively

carpet moth British & World English

a drab moth related to the clothes moth, the larvae of which feed on coarse textiles and animal hair

red carpet British & World English

a long, narrow red carpet laid on the ground for a distinguished visitor to walk along when arriving

carpet beetle British & World English

a small beetle whose larva (the woolly bear) is destructive to carpets, fabrics, and other materials

carpet-fitter British & World English

a person who lays carpets for a living

carpet knight British & World English

a man who avoids hard work in favour of leisure activities or philandering

carpet python (also carpet snake) British & World English

a common large Australian climbing snake that is typically brightly patterned

carpet shark British & World English

a conspicuously marked small shallow-water shark with barbels around the nose or mouth, found in the Indo-Pacific region and the Red Sea

carpet shell British & World English

a burrowing bivalve mollusc of temperate and warm seas, with concentric growth rings and irregular coloured markings

magic carpet British & World English

(in stories set in Arabia) a mythical carpet that is able to transport people through the air

Brussels carpet British & World English

a carpet with a heavy woollen pile and a strong linen back

carpet slipper British & World English

a soft slipper whose upper part is made of wool or thick cloth

carpet sweeper British & World English

a manual household implement used for sweeping carpets, having a revolving brush or brushes and a receptacle for dust and dirt

ingrain carpet British & World English

a reversible carpet in which the pattern appears on both sides

Persian carpet (also Persian rug) British & World English

a carpet or rug woven in Iran in a traditional design incorporating stylized symbolic imagery, or made elsewhere in such a style

Turkish carpet (also Turkish rug) British & World English

a rug woven in Turkey in a traditional fashion, typically with a bold coloured design and thick wool pile, or made elsewhere in this style

on the carpet in carpet British & World English

being severely reprimanded by someone in authority

Savonnerie carpet British & World English

a hand-knotted pile carpet, originally made in 17th-century Paris

Kidderminster carpet British & World English

a reversible carpet made of two cloths of different colours woven together

sweep something under the carpet in carpet British & World English

conceal or ignore a problem or difficulty in the hope that it will be forgotten

the red carpet in red carpet British & World English

used in reference to privileged treatment of a distinguished visitor

carpet snake in carpet python (also carpet snake) British & World English

a common large Australian climbing snake that is typically brightly patterned

carpetbagger British & World English

a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections

Axminster carpet in Axminster (also Axminster carpet) British & World English

a kind of machine-woven patterned carpet with a cut pile

Turkoman carpet in Turkoman (also Turcoman) British & World English

a kind of large, soft, richly coloured rug made by the Turkmens

garden carpet in carpet British & World English

a slender moth marked with undulating bands of colour across the wings

carpet English-French

moquette f

carpet English-German

Teppich

carpet English-Italian

tappeto m

carpet English-Spanish

alfombra, tapete

carpet-bomb English-Italian

bombardare a tappeto

red carpet English-Spanish

to roll out the red carpet for sb

fitted carpet English-Italian

moquette f inv

magic carpet English-Italian

tappeto m volante

carpet sweeper English-German

Teppichkehrer

carpet sweeper English-Italian

battitappeto m inv

wall-to-wall carpet English-Spanish

alfombra, moqueta, moquette