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carpet

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt

Definitions

  1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
  2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
  3. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
  4. A wrought cover for tables.
  5. A woman's pubic hair.

Equivalents

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አማርኛመንጣፍ
Azərbaycan dilifərşxalçaxalı
Беларускаядыванкілім
Българскикилим
বাংলাগালিচা
བོད་སྐད།ཁ་གདནགདན
Catalàcatifa
Češtinakoberectepich
Dansktæppe
Esperantotapiŝo
Eestivaip
Suomimatto
Gaeilgecairpéad
Magyarszőnyeg
Հայերենգորգկարպետ
Bahasa Indonesiakarpet
Íslenskateppi
ქართულინოხიხალიჩა
Қазақ тілікілем
ភាសាខ្មែរកំរាលនិសីទន
ລາວພົມ
Lietuviųkilimas
Latviešupaklājs
Malagasykaripetra
Te Reo Māoriwhāriki
Македонскитепихќилим
Монголхивс
Bahasa Melayupermaidani
Maltitapit
မြန်မာကော်ဇော
پښتوغالۍ
Românăcovor
Русскийковер
Slovenčinakoberec
Slovenščinapreproga
Svenskamatta
Kiswahilizulia
தமிழ்கம்பளம்
ไทยพรม
Tagalogalpombra
Türkçehalıkilim
Українськадиванкилимковерпелена
O'zbekchagilam
Tiếng Việtthảm
isiZuluikhaphethe

Examples

“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.”
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.”
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.”
the grassy carpet of this plain
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.”
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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